Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, Department of Veterinary Anatomy Physiology and Pathology, Institute of Infection Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Chester High Rd, Neston CH64 7TE, UK.
Laboratory of Bioanalysis, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Drug Analysis and Radiopharmacy, Medical University of Lodz, ul. Muszyńskiego 1, 90-151, Lodz, Poland; Department of Applied Pharmacy, Medical University of Lodz, ul. Muszyńskiego 1, 90-151, Lodz, Poland.
Providing optometry learners with cultural safety training can improve patient safety and health outcomes among Indigenous Peoples....
Healthcare practitioners require cultural safety training to provide safe eye care to Indigenous Peoples in Canada. Culturally safe care requires optometrists to critically reflect upon their unconsci...
An 8-item, anonymous, online survey was offered to all learners (n = 178) enrolled in clinic experience courses at in fall 2021 and winter 2022. The survey addressed student understanding of cultural ...
Thirty-three surveys were completed. Overall respondents found the clinic experience courses provided effective training in cultural safety and were of professional value. Comfort engaging in self-ref...
Optometry learners were favourable about the inclusion of cultural safety concepts in their clinic experience courses. Their feedback points to areas for improvement including deepening course content...
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 cu...
Collaboration between hospital-based ophthalmology and community-based optometry could pave the way to improve access to paediatric eyecare services....
The Paediatric Optometry Alignment Program (POAP) began in 2016 as a proof-of-concept pilot project that aimed to improve access to specialist paediatric ophthalmology services. If found to be effecti...
Temporal observational trend analysis was used to review ophthalmology clinic appointment waitlists prior and post POAP pilot project commencement. Family satisfaction with post-discharge care was sur...
The percentage of children waiting longer than clinically recommended fell from 72% to 36%. Sixty-seven percent of surveyed families had attended a community optometrist as recommended, and all rated ...
Facilitated integrated care between community-based optometrists and a hospital-based ophthalmology department can improve access for tertiary care services, with high satisfaction for families and pa...
In Australia, optometry students have traditionally undertaken their clinical training in short-block rotations at University-led teaching clinics in metropolitan locations. Demand for clinical placem...
This mixed methods study included a survey and interviews with optometrists who had previously supervised Deakin University optometry students on an extended 26-week (2 x 13-weeks) clinical placement....
Supervisors felt that hosting a student prompted greater reflective practice and critical appraisal of clinical decisions. The extended nature of the placement was thought to foster greater immersion ...
Overall, supervisors were positive about the value of student extended clinical placement in optometry and felt that it was a fulfilling and professionally beneficial experience. Lack of time and fina...
An assessment of the total number, demographics and geographic distribution of optometrists in Australia may inform policy to address the maldistribution of the workforce....
Concerns have been expressed about the growth of the optometry workforce in the context of, in the last decade, the establishment of four new optometry programs in addition to the three long-standing ...
This paper analysed data obtained from the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency about registered optometrists during the period 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2019. The de-identified datase...
Data for 6,596 registrants were obtained over the study period during which the number of female optometrists increased significantly. The age profile of the profession shifted, with younger age bands...
Optometrists practising in Australia can be generalised as mostly female graduates of one of the three long-standing optometry programs holding general registration with a therapeutic endorsement, and...
During the COVID-19 lockdown, primary care optometry services in Wales moved to a hub model of provision. Three independent prescribing models were available in different areas: a commissioned Indepen...
Optometry practices completed an online survey for each patient episode. Analysis of the data gave insight into patient presentation to urgent eye services and the drugs prescribed by optometrists. Me...
Data from 22,434 reported patient episodes from 81 optometry practices in six health boards between 14 April 2020 and 30 June 2020 were analysed. Urgent care accounted for 10,997 (49.02%) first appoin...
Urgent care services were most utilised by patients with discomfort caused by anterior eye conditions. IPOS services enabled optometrists to manage conditions to resolution without referral and withou...
The objective of this study is to analyse co-authorship and co-citation networks of publications in the field of artificial intelligence in ophthalmology and optometry. As well as, identify the differ...
A search of publications was performed in the Web of Science database for the period from 1977 to December 2021, using the term "Artificial Intelligence AND (Ophthalmol* OR optometry)". The analysis o...
1086 publications and 2348 citation networks were found. 2020 was the year with the highest number of publications, a total of 351 publications and 115 citation networks. The most cited publication wa...
The citation network analysis offers an in-depth analysis of scientific publications and the adoption of new topics and fields of research. The results of an exhaustive analysis of citation networks i...
To identify temporal and geographic trends in private equity (PE)-backed acquisitions of ophthalmology and optometry practices in the United States from 2012 to 2021....
In this cross-sectional time series, acquisition data from 10/21/2019 to 9/1/2021 and previously published data from 1/1/2012 to 10/20/2019 were analyzed. Acquisition data were compiled from 6 financi...
A total of 245 practices associated with 614 clinical locations and 948 ophthalmologists or optometrists were acquired by 30 PE-backed platform companies between 10/21/2019 and 9/1/2021. Of 30 platfor...
PE acquisitions increased during the period 2012-2021 as companies continue to utilize regionally focused strategies for acquisitions....
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...
Between April 2023 and May 2023, face to face in-depth interviews were conducted to explore the experiences of the participants. All 16 optometry students in fourth-year at university were purposefull...
Two themes, learning at the eye clinic and organization of the eye clinic, were identified to represent participants' experiences. Each theme had three sub themes....
Training optometry students at an eye clinic enhances their clinical skills and knowledge of diagnosing and managing various eye conditions. Future studies should compare optometry students' experienc...
This article reviews educational standard, clinical practice, research advances, and challenges associated with optometry in Nepal and provides critical considerations for contemporary and new optomet...
