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Leading optometry research institutions and countries in Africa: Lessons for building synergy and resilient education

African Vision and Eye Health
Background: Optometry training is shaped by institutional frameworks, with their professional orientation influenced by the academic pedigree of affiliated scholars.
Pious T. Amoako, Samuel Kyei, Paul Owusu, Joseph M. Sa-Ambo, Gideon Owusu, Randy Asiamah, Patrick Evans Agyiri, Samuel Ankamah, Khathutshelo P. Mashige   +8 more
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Optopreneurship for a competitive and sustainable optometry practice in South Africa

African Vision and Eye Health
Background: Optopreneurship entails the entrepreneurial activities within the optometry industry. The term is new and derived from optometry and entrepreneurship.
Pheagane M.W. Nkoana
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Optometry students’ experience of online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic

Transformation in Higher Education, 2023
Optometry education, like other health professions, has historically been conducted via contact teaching and learning in classrooms, clinics and laboratories.
Davina Govender, Tarryn Pillay, Nandipha Maci, Nokukhanya Vilakazi, Snenkosi Mthethwa, Umar Mansoor, Zweli Manquzi, Diane van Staden   +7 more
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Resilience and its associated factors in optometry students from eight institutions across six countries

Clinical and experimental optometry
Clinical relevance Resilience is a key enabler for healthcare professionals including optometrists, to cope with adversities and practice self-care. Evaluating the levels of resilience and its associated factors in optometry students can lead to the ...
Simon Si Ming Lim, Abi Brooker, Alessia Giampiccolo, Stan Klidis, Hui Shan Lim, Melinda Mei, Anuradha Narayanan, Jessica Neuville, Nicole M Putnam, Krithica Srinivasan, Patrick Wk Ting, Macy Tsui, K. Woo, Diana T Zoumboukos, J. J. Lek   +14 more
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Supervisor experiences of extended clinical placements in optometry: a mixed methods study

BMC Medical Education, 2022
Background In Australia, optometry students have traditionally undertaken their clinical training in short-block rotations at University-led teaching clinics in metropolitan locations.
J. Kirkman, S. Bentley, Ryan J. Wood-Bradley, C. Woods, J. Armitage   +4 more
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Entry-level competency standards for optometry 2022

Clinical and experimental optometry
The Entry-level Competency Standards for Optometry in Australia identify the required knowledge, skills and attributes for an optometrist to practise safely and competently.
Ben R Hamlyn, Kerryn M Hart, P. Kiely
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Optometry independent prescribing during COVID lockdown in Wales

Ophthalmic & physiological optics, 2022
During the COVID‐19 lockdown, primary care optometry services in Wales moved to a hub model of provision. Three independent prescribing models were available in different areas: a commissioned Independent Prescribing Optometry Service (IPOS), independent
Paul Cottrell, R. North, Nik Sheen, Barbara Ryan   +3 more
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Optometry research in Spain: Topics of interest, institutions and investigators.

Journal of Optometry, 2022
PURPOSE To determine the institutions, journals of choice and topics of investigation of the most prolific and highly cited Spanish optometrist researchers. METHODS As a primary search strategy, the Scopus database (Elsevier) was queried with the terms
G. Cardona, Laura Puigdueta-Carrera, N. Efron   +2 more
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Advancing optometry education through global frameworks and international collaborations

Clinical and experimental optometry
Global curriculum initiatives aim to enhance the education of optometrists across the world. This is done by establishing competencies and frameworks necessary for consistency in education and training.
Khyber Alam, Jingyi Chen, May-Lien Ho, Yazan Gammoh, Lisa Jansen, Neilsen DeSouza, Amy Lim, Garry Fitzpatrick, Jessica Neuville   +8 more
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Teleophthalmology-enabled and artificial intelligence-ready referral pathway for community optometry referrals of retinal disease (HERMES): a Cluster Randomised Superiority Trial with a linked Diagnostic Accuracy Study—HERMES study report 1—study protocol

BMJ Open, 2022
Introduction Recent years have witnessed an upsurge of demand in eye care services in the UK. With a large proportion of patients referred to Hospital Eye Services (HES) for diagnostics and disease management, the referral process results in unnecessary ...
Ji Eun Diana Han, Xiaoxuan Liu, C. Bunce, Abdel Douiri, Luke Vale, A. Blandford, J. Lawrenson, Rima Hussain, Gabriela Grimaldi, Annastazia E. Learoyd, Ashleigh Kernohan, C. Dinah, E. Minos, Dawn Sim, Tariq Aslam, Praveen J Patel, A. Denniston, P. Keane, Konstantinos Balaskas   +18 more
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