Optometry students’ perspective on optometry in suburban Western India: A qualitative study

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...

Optometry Students’ Attitudes about Team-Based Learning

Background: Team-based learning (TBL) is a method for fostering critical thinking skills in high functioning teams. This study examined optometry student attitudes about TBL. Methods: Students (N=91) completed a 15-item, five-point, Likert-scale survey regarding their attitudes about two consecutive four-month TBL courses. Four peer evaluation items were added to the second survey. Mann Whitney...

Should Optics be taught to Optometry students?

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. The importance of optics is still affirmed by regulating bodies and universities worldwide, but ma...

Rural optometry in Australia

Optometry in Australia has been a success story since its inception into Medicare in the 1970’s. Australians have benefited from the easy access to university-trained optometry graduates. Optometry is defined as the practice of examining eyes in order to determine levels of vision, the screening for eye disease and then prescribing and supplying any necessary corrective lenses and aids, often a...

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