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Orthoptics Australia Online Weekend 14-15 November 2020
Join us for our first OA Online Weekend, where together we will be ‘connected as far as the eye can see’!
The event will be live online on the 14-15 November 2020 and available on-demand until 31 January 2021.
www.orthoptics.org.au/education-cpd/2020-oa-online-weekend/
This two-day event will include keynote sessions presented by eminent speakers, as well as, research and clinical presentations from orthoptists and eye health researchers from Australia and internationally. Sessions will be...
Winner of the Orthoptic Selfie Contest
Congratulations to Laura Worrall from Royal Stoke University Hospital for her First Place win in the 2020 IOA World Orthoptic Day Selfie Contest!
What’s better than one Orthoptist, 2 Orthoptists!! We commonly treat adults and children with double vision, treating them with prisms #WorldOrthopticDay#orthopticselfie
Well done! Bragging rights go to you and your willing model Claire.
And coming a close second in the contest is
Laura Wilson
New ways of working.........something isn’t quite...
IOA & OCE Racism Statement
Dear IOA and OCE Members,
As inclusive, international associations, the International Orthoptic Association (IOA) and the Orthoptic Council of Europe (OCE) have diverse memberships that reflect the communities we work in. Right now, people around the world are grieving, angry and mobilizing because systemic anti-black racism lives in the world and because black lives matter. The IOA and OCE recognize the unique challenges our black colleagues, patients, and their families face. We stand in...
The winners of the WOD Photo Contest 2020
Congratulations to the winners of the IOA’s World Orthoptic Day 2020 Photography Contest! First place was awarded to Heena Patel (British and Irish Orthoptic Society), 2nd place to Alick Tsui (The Canadian Orthoptic Society), and 3rd place to Cheryl McCarus (American Association of Certified Orthoptists). Their photos will be used in promotions throughout the year.
The winning photos fittingly represented this year’s theme: Orthoptists on the Front Lines of Eye Care! Orthoptists are...
WSPOS World Wide Webinar
Episode 5 - Superior Oblique Palsy: What, Where, When and Why?
Saturday 23rd May, 14.00 London, UK Time
A Word of Support
A word of support for all orthoptists worldwide fighting professional an personal struggles with the current COVID-19 crisis. #orthopticsworldwide #covid-19 #staysafe #lookaftereachother
Review of Optics and Refraction Livestream on YouTube
Livestream on YouTube
Saturday, 14 March, 2020
IPOSC Global Survey
Current Treatment Availability to Decrease Myopia Progression
IPOSC is launching a survey around the world in order to assess the availability of effective pharmacological and optical treatments to reduce myopia progression among children and teenagers.
IOA Education Grant 2020 Winner - Helen Adaugo Jumbo
One of the aims of the IOA is to spread and support the science of orthoptics worldwide. The IOA Education Grant was established with this in mind. The Grant was first presented at the X International Orthoptic, Congress in Melbourne, Australia (2004).
The IOA Education Grant endeavours to provide financial help to an orthoptist from a non IOA member country, so that he/she may gain professional advancement by attending the next international congress. The candidate must be sponsored by an IOA...
Survey on therapeutic measures for amblyopia
Hello everyone,
as an orthoptist working in Austria, I am conducting a survey with regards to my master thesis on therapeutic measures for amblyopia.
The study's aim is to provide an understanding of the cross-national differences in treatment of amblyopia with children.
The following link takes you directly to the survey: https://www.soscisurvey.de/amblyopia/
Completing the questionnaire will takes approximately 10 minutes.
Any data provided will be processed anonymously and will be used...