Impacting communication in optometry: enhancing health-service experiences

نویسندگان

چکیده

Purpose This paper discusses a collaboration between sociologists and optometrists that involved, first, an investigation of communication interaction in eye examinations and, second, transformation the findings into assessable impact. The purpose this is to demonstrate how from start project close cooperation academics practitioners has paved way for generation academic contributions impact on teaching training optometrists. authors also briefly discuss their continued since original research projects address further issues relevance both practicing Design/methodology/approach was developed maximise by creating cooperative relationship social scientists As produced its first findings, team began create material help improve skills. followed college ESRC (College Optometrists co-funded) funded Knowledge Exchange (KEP) involved members team, College (CoO) Together, discussed finding they could be turned practical impact, such as educational material, use those Research limitations/implications focus our been opening examination production small number tests conducted assess patients’ vision. Future will include broader variety particularly explore closing here who are primarily concerned with clinical questions begin hand over patients commercial arm practice. Findings extension lead advancement published professional magazines offered online CoO. Practical implications includes articles assessments magazines, workshops delivered at optometry conferences, courses taught university course These activities allow collect development points (CPD) required continue Based KEP, produce CPD together CoO credit-bearing College’s within year had enrolment almost 600 nine months after publication. Social case have used develop patients. Thus, effective contributing improvement critical health service. Moreover, demonstrated undertaking can powerful ensure research. Originality/value originality grounded already inception project. underpins discourse sciences, discussions services, implications. experienced (practicing) not only beneficial but utterly enjoyable rewarding all team.

برای دانلود رایگان متن کامل این مقاله و بیش از 32 میلیون مقاله دیگر ابتدا ثبت نام کنید

اگر عضو سایت هستید لطفا وارد حساب کاربری خود شوید

منابع مشابه

Enhancing Health Information-Gathering Experiences in Online Health Communities

Enhancing Health Information-Gathering Experiences in Online Health Communities

متن کامل

Enhancing public health law communication linkages.

Although interest in the field of public health law has dramatically increased over the past two decades, there remain significant challenges in communicating and sharing public health law-related knowledge. Access to quality information, which may assist in a public health department's efforts to protect the public's health, welfare, and safety, varies widely from jurisdiction to jurisdiction,...

متن کامل

Factors Impacting Innovation in New Service Offerings

Factors that affect the level of innovation in projects to develop new service offerings are analyzed based on field research results from 84 service innovation projects. Personal characteristics of developers, process and customer type, and an important characteristic of their organization (i.e., whether or not they possess a strong Lean Six Sigma or similar process improvement orientation) ar...

متن کامل

Optometry.

Catter Matil, 2253 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-2253 Ph: (979)845-2142 • Fax: (979) 862-6842 [email protected] • nfs.tamu.edu Optometrists are concerned with the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of abnormalities associated with the visual system. Doctors of Optometry (O.D.) evaluate the refractive status of the eye, as well as the selection, design, provision, and adaptation of corrective mea...

متن کامل

ذخیره در منابع من


  با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید

ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Marketing

سال: 2022

ISSN: ['0309-0566', '1758-7123']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/ejm-02-2022-0130