Ugandan optometry students’ experiences of their clinical training: a qualitative study [PDF]
BMC Research NotesBackground There is a gradual increase in the number of optometry education programs in Africa yet there is limited knowledge on optometry students’ experiences of their clinical training. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to explore the optometry
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Optometry students' perspective on optometry in suburban Western India: A qualitative study. [PDF]
J Optom, 2021 Optometry has been an established profession in India for 60 years. Despite this, students who choose this course may have misconceptions and unrealistic expectations about the profession. The goal of this study is to understand the perceptions about optometry among optometry students, prior to and during their studies.A snap-shot narrative qualitative
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Career aspirations and factors influencing career choices of optometry students in Ghana. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2020 Optometry students in clinical years are usually faced with the challenges of making a career choice in or outside optometry. This cross sectional study was conducted to investigate the career aspirations of optometry students in Ghana.
Emmanuel Kobia-Acquah +4 more
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Scholars180: An effective oral presentation assessment for optometry students. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2023 Oral presentation assessments are multifunctional tools that can potentially test all six cognitive domains of Bloom’s taxonomy. Yet, they are not used as frequently as other forms of assessment in curriculums due to time limitations. Hence, designing effective oral presentation assessments that can overcome this is required.
Alam K, Zheng X, Vance K, Lee K.
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Knowledge, Attitudes, and Perceptions Towards Hand Hygiene of Optometry Students Pre- and Peri-COVID-19 at a Tertiary Institution in Johannesburg, South Africa [PDF]
Clinical Optometry, 2022 Susarah Maria Richter,1 Tobias George Barnard2 1Department of Optometry, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa; 2Water and Health Research Centre, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South AfricaCorrespondence: Susarah Maria ...
Richter SM, Barnard TG
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Factors influencing the decision of GHANAIAN optometry students to practice in rural areas after graduation [PDF]
BMC Medical Education, 2018 Background Human resources for eye health are inequitably distributed in most developing countries including Ghana. In spite of this, most eye care workers are concentrated in urban areas to the disadvantage of rural dwellers who need the services of ...
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Fixation disparity and refractive error among first-year optometry students. [PDF]
J Optom, 2023 To determine the fixation disparity and refractive error of first-year optometry students to ascertain any relationship between them and also identify any association between fixation disparity and visual symptoms at near.It was an analytical cross-sectional study involving 85 participants aged 17 to 27 years (18.60 ± 1.37), 41% of whom were males ...
Abdul-Kabir M, Acquah EA, Quainoo EJ.
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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 (
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Accessibility and challenges to ophthalmic instruments acquisition among optometry students in Ghana [PDF]
BMC Research NotesObjective This study aimed to investigate the factors that influence the acquisition of personal ophthalmic instruments (POIs) among optometry students in Ghana. Participant characteristics and patterns of ophthalmic instrument acquisition were collected
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The Effectiveness of an Educational Game for Teaching Optometry Students Basic and Applied Science. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 To compare the effectiveness of an educational board game with interactive didactic instruction for teaching optometry students elements of the core optometric curriculum.Forty-two optometry students were divided into two GPA-matched groups and assigned ...
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