A workforce in crisis: a case study to expand allied ophthalmic personnel.

Objective: To examine how the development of allied ophthalmic personnel training programs affects human resource capacity.

Design: Using a qualitative case study method conducted at a single Ontario institution, this article describes 6 years of establishing a 2-tiered allied ophthalmic personnel training program.

Participants: The Kingston Ophthalmic Training Centre participated in the study with 8 leadership and program graduate interviews.