Clinical Relevance: Clinical skills training is essential in optometry curricula to develop core graduate entry competencies, including self-directed learning to facilitate life-long learning. Efficient and efficacious approaches are required to optimise student and educator time and resources.
Background: A video library of optometric clinical skills was created in 2012 to support self-directed student learning and face-to-face training.
Significance: Optometric educators are constantly looking for learning and teaching approaches to improve clinical skills training. In addition, the COVID-19 pandemic has made educators scrutinize the time allocated to face-to-face teaching and practice. Simulation learning is an option, but its use must first be evaluated against traditional learning methods.
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August 2006
Purpose: The present study investigated retinal integrity in high myopia using spatial psychophysical tasks.
Methods: Ten axial high myopes (-8.5 to -11.
Ocular ischaemic syndrome is a rare condition. It often results in blindness and is linked to serious systemic morbidity. Its presentation is usually subtle and it can be misdiagnosed due to its diverse signs and symptoms.
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