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2021: Year in Review

rhiannon bowman — Wed, 15 Dec 2021 19:59:32 +0000

From lockdowns and vaccines to major acquisitions and breakthrough technology, Insight reflects on the major developments across the Australian and global ophthalmic sector in 2021. When
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MDFA launches diabetic eye disease CPD course for optometrists

Staff Writer — Fri, 03 Sep 2021 03:00:21 +0000

Between 300,000 and 400,000 Australians have diabetic retinopathy.

Macular Disease Foundation Australia (MDFA) has released a new CPD course for optometrists on diabetic eye disease. Available now through MDFA’s Read More

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RMIT folds optical dispensing course

Myles Hume — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 21:17:03 +0000

Student numbers have been consistently low for the course in recent years, the university says.

RMIT University has announced the closure of its Certificate IV in Optical Dispensing, ending a 52-year history of educating and training Australian optical dispensers. The Melbourne institute confirmed
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Gift card give away for eyecare professionals

rhiannon bowman — Mon, 08 Mar 2021 23:07:15 +0000

Transitions Optical is giving away 200 VISA gift cards valued at $50 each to eyecare professionals that register and complete education modules as part of its relaunch of the Transitions Plus portal. Transitions
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Optometry student spearheads efforts to attract Indigenous Australians into university education

Myles Hume — Mon, 16 Nov 2020 20:34:16 +0000

Shahnaz Rind is a 27-year-old Yamatji-Badimaya woman from north-west Western Australia.

A Deakin optometry student who pursued a career in healthcare after seeing her family’s health deteriorate to diabetes and eye disease is fronting a new campaign to inspire more Indigenous Australians
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First Optometry Virtually Connected event launches Friday

Myles Hume — Mon, 22 Jun 2020 01:39:19 +0000

Attendance free for members, while non-members can pay for a restricted program.

Optometry Australia (OA) is counting down to its inaugural Optometry Virtually Connected event this week when optometrists will have the opportunity to earn more than 22 CPD points and connect with 23
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Bringing dispensing out of the Twilight Zone

Staff Writer — Mon, 13 Jan 2020 22:00:43 +0000

Is it me or does it feel like ophthalmic dispensing in Australia has been in a ‘Twilight Zone’ for the last decade? This once great and respected profession seems to have allowed itself to become increasingly
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Poor vision as detrimental to learning as poverty

Callum Glennen — Sun, 29 Dec 2019 22:00:51 +0000

New research from the World Bank and international charity organisation EYElliance has found that an unaddressed vision problem can be just as detrimental to a child’s learning as socio-economic disadvantage. Released
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Australian College of Optometry extends clinic network

Myles Hume — Tue, 29 Oct 2019 04:35:23 +0000

The Australian College of Optometry (ACO) has established a public health optometry clinic in a new state responding to unmet eyecare needs in both the general population and disadvantaged communities. Ms
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