Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A standardized laser training program has been needed for nonmedical ophthalmic practitioners providing glaucoma ...

To set-up a glaucoma electronic patient record (GEPR) and study referral details to a new glaucoma service, concentrating on high-risk patients. A GEPR was designed using the pre-existing hospital ...

The University of Waterloo is getting a new virtual reality optometry training lab. As one of two optometry schools in Canada, this is a considerable advancement for Waterloo. It will help train the ...

The Ghana Optometric Association has asked the government to employ newly trained optometrists in public hospitals to address the shortage of eye care specialists in communities. The Association noted ...

At both sessions, students engaged directly with MDelite representatives to explore how the use of intense pulsed light (IPL), radiofrequency (RF), and low-level light therapy (LLLT) are used to ...

He University in Shenyang, Liaoning province, recently hosted an optometry and vocational training exchange between China and Cameroon. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] He University in Shenyang, ...

World Optometry Day is celebrated on March 23 of every year and it is a day set aside to celebrate every optometrist and eye care professional worldwide. The day was started in 1986 by the ...

Modern optometry training has evolved far beyond what it was even 10 years ago. Alberta’s regulations aren’t keeping pace. Where we once led North American scope of practice for optometrists, Alberta ...

Re: “Doctors of optometry could aid patients — if state let them,” Another View, Oct. 17: This commentary by Tommy Lucas, O.D. (doctor of optometry), on expanding the scope of practice of optometrists ...