Optometry Australia is developing guidelines on telehealth and optometry; meanwhile many tele-optometry success stories are occurring during COVID-19.
A new term of the Optometry Australia Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander eye health Advisory Group began on 1 July 2020, with six new members joining four returning members to provide advice.
Adelaide optometrist José Estevez is part of a team granted $1.4 million government funding to improve detection, screening and treatment of diabetic retinopathy in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
A cardboard desktop resource to encourage optometrists and practice staff to ask patients if they identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander is coming free to every member in the June edition of Pharma.
Online discussion groups hosted by Optometry Australia will help rural optometrists and those with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients connect with colleagues to assess challenges and leverage opportunities during COVID-19.
Optometry Australia has a strong commitment to supporting improved eye health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Optometry Australia is encouraging members to identify if they are of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander origin at membership renewal time. This will ultimately help improve care for Indigenous people.
The final in our series on female optometrists, this piece profiles two practitioners working in public health – Sarah Nicholls from the NT and Stephanie Bahler from WA.
Optometry Australia is delighted to invite optometrists attending the Close the Gap for Vision by 2020 conference to a networking event prior to the conference commencement.
