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Optometry Australia

Locality: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Phone: +61 3 9668 8500

Address: Suite 101, 70 York Street 3205 Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.optometry.org.au

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25.01.2022 Research from NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration shows for the first time that hand-eye coordination is dramatically more sensitive to alcohol with some measures of coordination impaired by more than 20% at BAC levels as low as 0.015%. It demonstrates the dosedependent impairment in oculomotor and ocular behaviours across a range of ultralow BACs (<0.035%).

25.01.2022 Optometry Australia is calling for nominations for the 2021 H Barry Collin Research Medal. The prestigious medal recognises outstanding contributions to the advancement of knowledge in optics, vision science or clinical optometry by a person who is an Australian citizen or a graduate of an Australian optometry school, or who has done a significant part of his or her research in an Australian institution. The medal is accompanied by $5,000 and the recipient is required to submit a paper for publication in our journal, Clinical and Experimental Optometry.

24.01.2022 [FOCUS NEWSLETTER] Members, check your Inbox, your FOCUS NEWSLETTER has landed: - News stories: Optometry Connection launching soon https://www.optometry.org.au//optometry-connection-launch/, new Learning Plan https://www.optometry.org.au//new-learning-plan-to-help-y/ and many others... - Our national optometrist advisors answering your questions: Recency of Practice, search functions on our website, etc. - Consumer stories you can share with your patients: Macular Disease Foundation Australia’s new 'Check My Macula' campaign, etc. - Our publications and the latest issue of CXO https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14440938/current See more

23.01.2022 TODAY IS THE DAY Join us tonight for our wonderful Optometry Australia webcast. Register here https://lms.optometry.org.au/course/view.php?id=185... WHAT? Integrating eye, brain and body: a new era of preventative optometry WHEN? Tuesday 13 October 2020, 6.30pm (AEDT) WHO? Michael Yapp, Angelica Ly and Janelle Tong HOW MANY POINTS? 3 CPD points (cc Centre for Eye Health)

22.01.2022 Thanks to those who have attended this first Zoom session on the CPD changes and the new online Learning Plan. Next ones are tomorrow Tuesday 1 December at 12pm and 3pm AEDT. Simply click on the link below, or copy and paste it into your browser: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81822112247

22.01.2022 Aflibercept (sold under brand name Eylea) is the number 1 costliest drug to the Australian government, costing the taxpayer almost $400 million in 2019-20. Aflibercept is used to treat macular degeneration and other eye conditions. https://www.nps.org.au/australian-pr//top-10-drugs-2019-20

21.01.2022 [Live Zoom chat] [CPD changes] [Learning Plan] The Optometry Board of Australia’s new mandatory CPD system starts in six days and we are here to support you through the transition. Join our optometry advisors, for a live Zoom chat on the CPD changes. We have scheduled these one-hour sessions every day next week as follows: * Monday 30 November 12pm AEDT (facilitated by Simon Hanna)... * Tuesday 1 December 12pm AEDT (facilitated by Simon Hanna) * Tuesday 1 December 3pm AEDT (facilitated by Sophie Koh) * Wednesday 2 December 12pm AEDT (facilitated by Sophie Koh) * Thursday 3 December 12pm AEDT (facilitated by Simon Hanna) * Thursday 3 December 3pm AEDT (facilitated by Sophie Koh) * Friday 4 December 12pm AEDT (facilitated by Simon Hanna) Please diarise the session that you would like to attend, and add the link below into your diary. On the day, simply click on the link below, or copy and paste it into your browser: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81822112247 (cc Optometry Tasmania Optometry Victoria South Australia Optometry NSW / ACT Early Career Optometrists WA Early Career Optometrists Victoria South Australia)

21.01.2022 Next session is now Wednesday 2 December at 12pm AEDT. Join us by clicking here https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81822112247

21.01.2022 Optometry Australia’s 102-year-old journal, Clinical and Experimental Optometry (CXO), will be published by Taylor & Francis from 1 January 2021. Optometry Australia’s CEO Lyn Brodie, said that the organisation was proud to publish such a quality journal that was widely embraced by members and that enabled the best Australian and international optometric research to reach an extensive global audience. We welcome working with Taylor & Francis to grow the journal’s presence, i...mpact factor and subscriptions as well as their ability to assist us in attracting more quality editorial submissions. Read more below

21.01.2022 Optometry Australia has announced the appointment of Simon Hanna as Education Editor of its new flagship publication Optometry Connection. Click on the following link to know more https://www.optometry.org.au//optometry-connection-launch/

21.01.2022 NAIDOC (National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee) Week, November 8 to 15, 2020, celebrates the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. Today, Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency - Ahpra CEO Martin Fletcher launches Ahpra’s inaugural Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Employment Strategy 2020 2025, a key deliverable for the National Scheme’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Cultural Safety Strategy 20202025. The goal of the Employment Strategy is to increase Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander participation within Ahpra through the development of a culturally safe work environment that reflects the diversity of the communities in which we operate and serve.

19.01.2022 Australian doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers are nearly three times more likely to get COVID-19 than other Australians, a new study of the early pandemic period from UNSW Sydney’s Kirby Institute published in the International Journal of Nursing Studies estimates.

19.01.2022 Next session is now at 3pm AEDT. Join us by clicking here https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81822112247 (cc Optometry Victoria South Australia Optometry NSW / ACT Optometry Queensland & Northern Territory Optometry Tasmania Early Career Optometrists WA Early Career Optometrists Victoria South Australia)

19.01.2022 Optometry Australia has appointed four new directors including two non-optometrists to the national board. The new directors’ appointments were announced at the organisation’s annual general meeting on Friday 27 November 2020. Read more below

18.01.2022 [FOCUS] [Newsletter] Check your Inbox, "FOCUS Newsletter" has landed: - Latest news - Our national optometrist advisors answering your questions... - Consumer stories that you can share - Our publications Happy reading!

17.01.2022 The Australian College of Optometry has welcomed a new president, Perth optometrist Rodney Hodge, and a new member of Council, The Hon John Chaney, a former justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia. cc Early Career Optometrists WA

17.01.2022 We thank you for your support in 2020 and we wish you a very Happy Holiday season and a peaceful and prosperous New Year. May your 2021 be filled with good health, prosperity and success. From all of us at Optometry Australia.

17.01.2022 The newly formed Optometry Student Society Australia will have its first national conference online this coming Sunday, October 11 and is inviting all penultimate and final year optometry students nationwide to take part. Read more below and register here https://event.vconferenceonline.com/micros/html/event.aspx

16.01.2022 "The Australian Taxation Office has updated its tax withholding schedules, to reflect the personal tax cuts announced in this year’s federal budget. The tax cuts apply to the 2020-21 financial year and passed in parliament last week. Now, employers must make adjustments in their payroll systems to ensure the changes are correctly reflected in employees’ pay packets. Businesses have until November 16, 2020, to implement the changes into their payroll. But, the changes will app...ly to all payments made from October 13." Read more from the SmartCompany article and/of from Australian Taxation Office website https://www.ato.gov.au/Rates/Tax-tables/

16.01.2022 [AHPRA registration renewal] [LAST DAY ] Optoms - Do you have questions regarding your AHPRA registration renewal? We encourage members to contact our Optometrist Advisor Help Desk (03) 9668 8500 [email protected] for tailored and confidential assistance. CPD: How do I complete my CPD declaration if I have not met OBA's CPD requirements due to the COVID-19 pandemic? ... Recency of Practice (worked hours): I have had trouble maintaining my clinical hours due to the pandemic. I'm not sure if I meet 450 hours over 3 years? Advertising: What does the new requirement mean? Can I (or the business) use the words ‘specialist’ or 'specialises in' when we advertise? CPR: I am due to complete CPR training this year but due to the pandemic I have been unable to. What should I do? See more

16.01.2022 UPDATE: the deadline to respond the survey has been extended until Monday 14 December 2020. Read more below or click here to access the survey https://www.asr2.com/survey//AHPADigitalHealthSurvey.aspx

15.01.2022 We have curated a range of online education offerings that members can access via our Institute of Excellence - Upcoming webcasts (do not forget tomorrow's one, Tuesday 13 October, "Integrating eye, brain and body: a new era of preventative optometry"https://lms.optometry.org.au/course/view.php?id=185 cc Centre for Eye Health) - Independent learning and latest Pharma editions... - Blue Sky conference presented by Optometry Victoria South Australia 20-21 November 2020 https://www.bluesky.optometry.org.au/

14.01.2022 Are you a final year or penultimate year Optometry student in Australia? Last chance to register for the inaugural National Optometry Student Conference. Tomorrow Sunday 11 Oct 2020! Kicks off 9.30am AEST. Step 1: Join this FB group Optometry Student Society Australia ... Step 2: Check out conference program and register: https://event.vconferenceonline.com/micros/html/event.aspx *Open to penultimate and final year optometry students from all 6 Australian Universities* If that’s not enough, we have our hotly requested prizes up for grabs at our highly anticipated national TRIVIA NIGHT! Trivia kicks off at 7pm AEST. Mingle and network with your optometry peers from around Australia. Flinders University Optometry Student Association Optometry and Vision Sciences at Melbourne Deakin Optometry Student Society UNSW Optometry and Vision Science Student Society UC Optometry Society Queensland Optometry Student Society

14.01.2022 Chinese researchers have provided evidence that SARS-CoV-2 - the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) - can infect ocular tissues. (cc JAMA Ophthalmology). Read more below

14.01.2022 Join our optometry advisors, for a live Zoom chat on the CPD changes, effective this Tuesday 1 December. We have scheduled seven one-hour sessions every day this week. First session today Monday 30 November at 12pm. Join us here https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81822112247

11.01.2022 The Optometry Council of Australia and New Zealand (OCANZ) is searching for a new staff member to fill the role of Policy and Projects Manager, Indigenous. Read more below

09.01.2022 Book review of Positive Vision: "An entertaining account of adventures through low vision eyes"

07.01.2022 [COVID-19] [South Australia] Update on 17.11.2020: Two Directives have been updated in South Australia, coming in to effect at midnight 17.11.2020. These directives include:... - The total number of people present at a place must not exceed 1 person per 4 square metres - A person providing personal care, nursing, health, medical or allied health services to residents must wear appropriate personal protective equipment, if they are within 1.5 metres from the resident, whilst providing care. Read more below (cc Optometry Victoria South Australia)

07.01.2022 Today is World Keratoconus Day. Click on the link below to watch the video, talk to others about your experiences with keratoconus and spread the word on your social media using #worldkcday cc Keratoconus Australia

06.01.2022 Join our optometry advisors, for a live Zoom chat on the CPD changes and the new online Learning Plan, effective today Tuesday 1 December. We have scheduled seven one-hour sessions every day this week. Our sessions TODAY Tuesday 1 December at 12pm and 3pm AEDT. Join us here https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81822112247 (cc Optometry Victoria South Australia Optometry NSW / ACT Optometry Qld NT Early Career Optometrists WA Early Career Optometrists Victoria South Australia Optometry Tasmania)

05.01.2022 [AHPRA registration renewal] [5 days to go ] Optoms - Do you have questions regarding your AHPRA registration renewal? We encourage members to contact our Optometrist Advisor Help Desk (03) 9668 8500 [email protected] for tailored and confidential assistance. CPD: How do I complete my CPD declaration if I have not met OBA's CPD requirements due to the COVID-19 pandemic? ... Recency of Practice (worked hours): I have had trouble maintaining my clinical hours due to the pandemic. I'm not sure if I meet 450 hours over 3 years? Advertising: What does the new requirement mean? Can I (or the business) use the words ‘specialist’ or 'specialises in' when we advertise? CPR: I am due to complete CPR training this year but due to the pandemic I have been unable to. What should I do? See more

04.01.2022 Optometry practices should consider sticking to tap and go for payment and ensure scrupulous cleaning of glass and stainless steel surfaces after CSIRO research found that SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, can survive for up to 28 days on common surfaces including banknotes, glass such as that found on mobile phone screens - and stainless steel. The research found that SARS-CoV-2 survived longer at lower temperatures, tended to survive longer on non-porous or smooth surfaces such as glass, stainless steel and vinyl, compared to porous complex surfaces such as cotton and survived longer on paper banknotes than plastic banknotes.

04.01.2022 [ COVID-19 update - NSW members please check your email] We have been informed by the NSW Chief Allied Health Officer that all NSW local health districts and specialty health networks have been moved back to 'Amber' risk level. This advice means that all state government employed health workers are required to wear a surgical mask if they are within 1.5m of patients, AND that patients should also wear a mask where possible. This advice applies to hospital and community healt...h settings. Whilst this advice from NSW Health is not a legally enforceable directive for private health practitioners in the community ( such as optometrists working in private practices ), Optometry Australia recommends that in geographic areas with community transmission all optometrists and practice staff should wear a surgical mask if they are within 1.5m of patients, and ask patients to wear a mask also. The NSW Government regularly updates case locations online. For further detail please read the email you should have received around 2pm AEDT today. Optometry Australia and Optometry NSW / ACT will continue to monitor the situation and update NSW members as required. For further assistance, please email Optometry NSW / ACT on [email protected] or Optometry Australia national office [email protected]

04.01.2022 [AHPRA registration renewal] [4 days to go ] Optoms - Do you have questions regarding your AHPRA registration renewal? We encourage members to contact our Optometrist Advisor Help Desk (03) 9668 8500 [email protected] for tailored and confidential assistance. CPD: How do I complete my CPD declaration if I have not met OBA's CPD requirements due to the COVID-19 pandemic? ... Recency of Practice (worked hours): I have had trouble maintaining my clinical hours due to the pandemic. I'm not sure if I meet 450 hours over 3 years? Advertising: What does the new requirement mean? Can I (or the business) use the words ‘specialist’ or 'specialises in' when we advertise? CPR: I am due to complete CPR training this year but due to the pandemic I have been unable to. What should I do? See more

03.01.2022 [Clinical and Experimental Optometry] [CXO] Have a look at this article from the November issue: "Nonpharmaceutical treatment options for meibomian gland dysfunction" This invited review by our Japanese colleagues examines the various currently available nonpharmaceutical treatment methods for meibomian gland dysfunction.

03.01.2022 [Members] You can still benefit from the free career coaching for optometrists offered by Optometry Australia. We have a few spots left for complimentary career coaching with optometrist and life coach, Lisa Jansen (Infinite Clarity Coaching). Read more below

03.01.2022 [FOCUS] [NEWSLETTER] Members, your "FOCUS NEWSLETTER" has landed in your email Inbox! Important info: the Optometry Board of Australia’s new mandatory CPD system starts in seven days and we are here to support you through the transition. Join our Professional Development and Clinical Policy Manager Simon Hanna, or another of our optometry advisors, for a live Zoom chat on the CPD changes. We have scheduled these one-hour sessions every day next week from Monday 30 November Friday 4 December at 12.00pm AEDT. Please diarise the session that you would like to attend, and add the link below into your diary. On the day, simply click on the link below, or copy and paste it into your browser: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81822112247

02.01.2022 [Webcast] [Institute of Excellence] Join us for our next wonderful Optometry Australia webcast. Register here https://lms.optometry.org.au/course/view.php?id=185... WHAT? Integrating eye, brain and body: a new era of preventative optometry WHEN? Tuesday 13 October 2020, 6.30pm (AEDT) WHO? Michael Yapp, Angelica Ly and Janelle Tong HOW MANY POINTS? 3 CPD points

02.01.2022 Ophthalmologists have reported the first case of permanent loss of visual acuity which ‘may have been induced by SARS-CoV-2.’ They diagnosed inflammation-induced severe ocular neuropathy associated with SARS-CoV-2induced panuveitis. Read more below: cc JAMA Ophthalmology

01.01.2022 [Good vision for life] Good vision for life is an Optometry Australia initiative to drive awareness of eye health and the role optometrists play in general health. We regularly create content for consumers and we encourage our members to share this via your own channels as you wish.