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Decentralised clinical training in optometry: Student perspectives
African Vision and Eye Health, 2022 Background: Decentralised clinical training (DCT) allows for training outside of central academic sites to within district-based ones with the expectation of enhanced exposure translating into improved competency of students. Aim: To determine student perspectives and experiences with the DCT model in clinical training for optometry. Setting: Data were
Rekha Hansraj +8 more
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BMC Medical Education, 2022 Background Diagnostic reasoning is an essential skill for optometry practice and a vital part of the curriculum for optometry trainees but there is limited understanding of how diagnostic reasoning is performed in optometry or how this skill is best ...
Amanda K. Edgar +3 more
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African Vision and Eye Health, 2009 Purpose: The purpose of this pilot study was to investigate the effect of different size pinholes on visual acuity (VA) at near (0.4 m) while various factors were altered. The alterations made involved accommodation and illumination.
N. Abdul +5 more
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African Vision and Eye Health, 2023 Background: Public eye care services in South Africa are relatively underdeveloped. This is, in part, due to optometry services historically being private sector-focussed, as well as a lack of ophthalmologists in the country.
Noxolo L. Zulu, Diane van Staden
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Optometry outreach for diverse middle school students [PDF]
Fifteenth Conference on Education and Training in Optics and Photonics: ETOP 2019, 2019 A need exists to diversify the optometry field in the United States. Males reflect 50.4 percent of the profession and approximately 97% of optometrist professionals are White and Asian1. This paper will describe Imhotep Academy’s program model, implementation efforts, and preliminary findings of the “Imhotep Academy: Optics of the Eye” session designed
Pamela O. Gilchrist, Alonzo B. Alexander
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Perceptions of acceptable conducts by university students
Journal of Optometry, 2016 Objective: To determine perceptions of acceptable conducts amongst under and postgraduate optometry students and to compare them with students from other disciplines. Methods: Students (under/postgraduate) of optometry (n = 156) and other courses (n = 54)
Dora Nazaré Marques +1 more
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Should optics be taught to optometry students? [PDF]
SPIE Proceedings, 2009 Though developed out of physics and optics, the optometric profile in the UK has shifted towards a healthcare professional. As a result, optometry students are now stretched between numerous courses as diverse as microbiology, legal aspects related to practice, mathematics, vision or pharmacology.
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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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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.
Jacqueline M Kirkman +4 more
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African Vision and Eye Health, 2009 Purpose: The optometry degree programme in South Africa currently includes a combination of both theoretical and clinical modules. The optometric skills required by graduates are often achieved by students’ involvement in clinical training at both in ...
R. Hansraj
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