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Attitudes and Barriers to Evidence-Based Practice in Optometry Educators [PDF]

Optometry and Vision Science, 2015
Evidence-based practice (EBP) is an essential component of good quality, patient-centered health care. This requires practitioners to acquire EBP skills and knowledge during undergraduate and continuing education. Evidence-based practice education exists in a range of health care disciplines, including optometry.
Suttle, Catherine M., Challinor, Kirsten L., Thompson, Rachel E., Pesudovs, Konrad, Togher, Leanne, Chiavaroli, Neville, Lee, Adrian, Junghans, Barbara, Stapleton, Fiona, Watt, Kathleen, Jalbert, Isabelle   +10 more
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Optometry students’ views on preparing for private practice via standardised patient simulation

African Vision and Eye Health
Background: Standardised patient (SP) simulation can significantly enrich the learning environment in health professions education. Simulation in optometry has yet to be widely adopted, especially in Africa, prompting this study to investigate whether ...
Elzana Kempen, Mathys J. Labuschagne, Mpho P. Jama   +2 more
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Antimicrobial stewardship and education in optometry

Clinical and Experimental Optometry
Antimicrobial stewardship aims to improve how antibiotics are prescribed by clinicians and used by patients, to ensure safe appropriate use, and to prevent and contain antimicrobial resistance. Australian optometrists can prescribe a range of antimicrobial agents, but to what extent they consider antimicrobial stewardship is not known.
Katrina L Schmid, Simon Backhouse, Kieran Harduwar, Isabelle Jalbert   +3 more
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‘It’s too late’. Is it really? Considerations for amblyopia treatment in older children [PDF]

, 2019
In recent years, media coverage has demonstrated instances in which families of children aged 7 and older, newly diagnosed with strabismic and/or anisometropic amblyopia through community eyecare services, were told it was ‘too late’ for their child to ...
Apt L, Berry C, College of Optometrists, Davis H, Levi DM, Price A, Reddy MA, Royal College of Ophthalmologists, Simmers AJ, West S   +9 more
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Kolb’s learning styles of optometry students at the University of the Free State, South Africa

African Vision and Eye Health, 2019
Background: The use of learning styles to guide an educational method is becoming increasingly important, with it contributing to the effectiveness of a learning environment.
Elzana Kempen, Sonet B. Kruger
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School Factory Education in Optometry Towards Employability

Frontiers in Humanities and Social Sciences, 2023
In recent years, social problems such as "difficult employment" and "shortage of skilled workers" have troubled the development of vocational education. The Chinese Ministry of Education focuses on the areas where technical skills are in short supply, this study will find out the possible employability of the school factory education in optometry.
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Ethics in optometry: an educational intervention

Clinical and Experimental Optometry
As registered health professionals, optometrists have a responsibility to apply ethical reasoning skills to ensure the best outcomes for their patients.The ability to apply ethical knowledge in practical situations has emerged as a crucial skillset for health professionals.
Kerryn M Hart, Heather RM Connor
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Optometrists show rudimentary understanding of evidence-based practice but are ready to embrace it: can barriers be overcome? [PDF]

, 2015
Evidence-based practice (EBP) involves integration of the best available evidence from research, the patient's preferences or circumstances, the clinical environment and the health practitioner's expertise.
Adams, Adams, Al-Musa, Catherine M Suttle, Coomarasamy, Dawes, Elliott, Gagnon, Hoffmann, Iles, Ilic, Ilic, Isabelle Jalbert, Jette, Keller, Lizarondo, Lodico, McCluskey, McKenna, Melnyk, Mobaraki, Mussaed Alabdelmoneam, Richards, Richards, Sackett, Salbach, Salbach, Suttle, Taghreed Alnahedh, Tilson, Tong, Toulkidis, Welsh   +32 more
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Optometry faculty perspectives on low vision care and rehabilitation education in sub-Saharan Africa

African Vision and Eye Health
Background: Human resource challenges have been a factor in the low coverage of low vision care and rehabilitation (LVCR) services in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).
Carl H. Abraham, Diane van Staden, Nishanee Rampersad   +2 more
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Perceptions, expectations, apprehensions and realities of graduating South African optometry students (PEAR study, 2006)

African Vision and Eye Health, 2007
The objective of this study was to establish the perceptions, expectations, apprehensions and realities of South Africa optometry students completing their undergraduate studies in 2006.
A. O. Oduntan, A. Louw, V. R. Moodley, M. Richter, P. von Poser   +4 more
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