Robyn’s vision to help provide eye care in Sri Lanka
Perth optometrist Robyn Main and her husband Richard are on a mission to raise $6,000 to help provide eye care services in Sri Lanka.
Tagged as: International
New scleral lens academy to aid specialised fitting
WA optometrist Damon Ezekiel has co-founded a new organisation to promote scleral lenses and aid optometrists with their fitting.
Tagged as: Contact lenses, Patient management
R U OK? Tips to prevent burnout in optometry
Today, on R U OK?Day, Perth optometrist Andrew Tan Nguyen looks at how optometrists can avoid burnout. Andrew is a member of the Western Australian Early Career Optometrists (ECO) group and a board member of Optometry WA.
R U OK?Day is Australia’s national day of action dedicated to reminding everyone to ask, “Are you OK?”
Tagged as: ECOs, Employment
Dean’s upskilling health workers to take diabetic eye photos
Optometrist Dean Milner has been training remote area primary health care workers to use retinal cameras in patients with diabetes.
Tagged as: Diabetes, Indigenous eye health, Practice equipment, Remote & rural optometry
Optometrists embrace ongoing efforts to Close the Gap for Vision
More than 35 optometrists attended the Close the Gap for Vision by 2020 conference in Alice Springs recently.
Tagged as: Indigenous eye health
Eye exams can point to diabetic foot damage
Optometrists can help prevent diabetic amputations by looking for nerve damage when doing eye exams.
Tagged as: Diabetes, Patient management
Final links to create a network of Early Career Optometrists
Young optometrists benefit from joining Early Career Optometrists (ECO) groups.
Tagged as: ECOs
New member of Optometry Australia’s board
Optometry Australia welcomes John Palassis to its board
Tagged as: Leadership
Our top 10 news stories for 2018
We recap the top 10 optometry news stories that captured your attention in 2018.
Tagged as: Contact lenses, Diabetes, Future, Glaucoma, Marketing, Patient management, Therapeutics
Optometry leaders in Canberra for launch of reform agenda for the future of optometry
Enjoy our photo gallery from this week’s launch of our Optometry 2040 report.
Tagged as: Future, Milestones