Optometric education in the post-COVID-19 era: A time of forced change!
Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2021 There is a massive disruption of the global economy and education due to the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. This has posed significant challenges and threats to the academic community, especially in health care where the learning and ...
Krishna Kumar Ramani +1 more
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Bridging competence and practice: The role of Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) in optometric education. [PDF]
Ophthalmic Physiol OptCompetency‐based education (CBE) has gained prominence in health profession education, emphasising the assessment of learners based on their ability to perform essential tasks in clinical practice.
Buthelezi S.
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Pedagogical strategies for specialised coursework postgraduate programmes in optometry: a mixed methods study for South Africa [PDF]
BMC Medical EducationBackground Higher Education Institutions (HEI) in South Africa (SA) have no coursework postgraduate programmes to upskill the existing expertise of optometrists in any specialised optometric field.
Nashua Naicker, Alvin Munsamy
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Towards a culture of quality assurance in optometric education in sub-Saharan Africa
African Vision and Eye Health, 2019 Background: New optometry education programmes in sub-Saharan Africa share a responsibility for blindness prevention by virtue of producing the countries first practitioners.
Vanessa R. Moodley
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Exploring the Impact of Small Group Teaching and Case-Based Learning on Optometry Students’ Binocular Vision Clinical Knowledge [PDF]
British and Irish Orthoptic JournalIntroduction: Small group teaching is widely used in healthcare education. Few studies have specifically focused on small group teaching in optometry. This study investigated the effects of small group clinical teaching combined with case-based learning (
Sirawit Ketchan +2 more
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Two decades of optometric education in Ghana: Update and recent developments*
African Vision and Eye Health, 2011 Many authors have reported on the evolution and trends of optometric education in Africa. Amongst these are articles on Optometry and optometric education in Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, South Africa, Ghana, and Ethiopia.
G. O. Ovenseri-Ogbomo +4 more
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Optometric education at Westville: past, present and future
African Vision and Eye Health, 2010 This article presents historical information, current activities and future plans with regards to optometric education at the Department of Optometry, Westville campus of the University of Kwa-Zulu-Natal (UKZN) in Durban.
K. P. Mashige
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Prevalence of pterygium and pinguecula and their risk factors: Tehran Geriatric Eye Study [PDF]
International Journal of OphthalmologyAIM: To explore the prevalence of pterygium and pinguecula and their risk factors. METHODS: This population-based cross-sectional study was conducted on geriatric population aged 60 and over in Tehran, Iran from Jan 2019 to Jan 2020.
Alireza Hashemi +4 more
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The Development and Implementation of a Simulated Patient Resource for Teaching and Assessment in Optometry Low Vision Rehabilitation [PDF]
Clinical OptometryMarek Karas, Natalie Lucas, Barbara Ryan School of Optometry and Vision Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UKCorrespondence: Marek Karas, School of Optometry and Vision Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK, Tel +44 (0)29 2087 6316, Email karasm ...
Karas M, Lucas N, Ryan B
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From the Ocular Surface to Neurophysiology: An Integrative Review of Digital Eye Strain [PDF]
Clinical OptometryPrithwis Manna Department of Optometry, Narayana Nethralaya, Bangalore, KA, IndiaCorrespondence: Prithwis Manna, Narayana Nethralaya, Rajaji Nagar, Bangalore, KA, 560010, India, Email prithwis-manna@hotmail.comAbstract: Digital eye strain is a cross ...
Manna P
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