PURPOSE To compare the effectiveness of an educational board game with interactive didactic instruction for teaching optometry students elements of the core optometric curriculum. METHODS Forty-two optometry students were divided into two GPA-matched groups and assigned to either 12 hours of game play (game group) or 12 hours of interactive didactic instruction (lecture group). The same mater...

BACKGROUND This paper aims to describe models for service integration between ophthalmology and optometry when conducting outreach eye services. The effect of good coordination on clinical activity and cost-effectiveness is examined. DESIGN Cross-sectional case study based on remote outreach ophthalmology services in Australia. PARTICIPANTS Key stake-holders from eye services in nine outrea...

1Noor Ophthalmology Research Center, Noor Eye Hospital, Tehran, IR Iran 2Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, International Campus, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 3Department of Optometry, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, IR Iran 4Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Public Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical ...

1 ISCHEMIA 2 3 Lisa Nivison-Smith, Brendan J. O’Brien, Mai Truong, Cindy X. Guo, Michael Kalloniatis and 4 Monica L. Acosta 5 6 School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 2052, Australia, 7 Department of Optometry and Vision Science, University of Auckland, 1023, New Zealand, 8 Centre for Eye Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 2052, Australia, 9 N...

In this paper as showed a non-invasive 3D eye tracker for optometry clinical applications. Measurements of biomechanical variables in clinical practice have many font of errors associated with traditional procedments such cover test (CT), near point of accommodation (NPC), eye ductions (ED), eye vergences (EG) and, eye versions (ES). Ocular motility should always be tested but all evaluations h...

The collective work in the Grampians region resulted in a number of outstanding successes. The Grampians Region Aboriginal Eye Health Advisory Group (GRAEHAG) met regularly to drive planning, implementation, data sharing and evaluation to improve eye health outcomes. Gap analysis identified the need for additional optometry services through the Australian College of Optometry, with visits incre...