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PROJECT OVERVIEW |
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The delivery of quality vision care in both Australia and New Zealand is facing many challenges. High on the list are the inequitable spread of optometrists between cities and rural regions and the well-documented health concerns of an ageing population.
The UNSW School of Optometry and Vision Science, in collaboration with the Departments of Optometry and Vision Science at the Universities of Auckland and Melbourne, and the QUT School of Optometry, is coordinating an investigation into potential strategies to address these service inadequacies through improvements to the undergraduate optometry education experience.
The project aims to benchmark approaches to learning and teaching for students of optometry in Australia and New Zealand, with a focus on the essential requirements for the preparation, attraction and retention of graduate optometrists to remote area practice and provision of service for the elderly and low vision patients.
The project is funded under a grant awarded by the Australian Learning & Teaching Council. It runs from January 2009 through to January 2010.
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School of Optometry and Vision Science The University of New South Wales Sydney NSW 2052
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WELCOME TO THE PROJECT WEBSITE |
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Welcome to the website of the 2009 Australian and New Zealand schools of optometry project: Delivering Optometry Graduates ready to practice beyond the cities and ready to service an ageing population |
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Optometry ALTC Project Manager |
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Phone: +61 2 9385 9879 |
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The one-year project is funded under a grant awarded by the Australian Learning and Teaching Council, an initiative of the Australian Government Department of Education, Science and Training. |
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Preparing Optometry Graduates for Rural & Remote Practice and the Provision of Services for Elderly and Low Vision Patients |
