31 August 2006
Research funded by the British Contact lens Association’s annual Dallos Award is to investigate the best educational methods for contact lens teaching. The aim of the study is to determine whether new learning tools add value to traditional contact lens teaching and assessment methods for optometrists and dispensing opticians.
Led by Dr Olivia Hunt, postgraduate researcher at Aston University in Birmingham, the project will involve undergraduates who will be randomly assigned to receive extra tuition in three areas of contact lens practice: slit-lamp and topography instrumentation, soft lens fitting and rigid lens fitting. Tuition will be in the form of either extra study notes, web-based virtual environment or small group workshops.
The year-long project will also assess the relative merits of three of the most common forms of continuing education and training for qualified practitioners: live lectures, workshops, CD-based lectures and journal articles with multiple-choice questions.
This part of the project includes a hands-on anterior eye imaging seminar and workshop, to be presented by Dr Hunt and Dr James Wolffsohn in London on Thursday September 14. The event, timed to coincide with the BCLA’s annual Presidential Address, runs from 4-6pm on Thursday September 14 at the Royal Society of Medicine in London.
Attendance is free of charge and participation in the project is approved for 4 CET points in total. Numbers are limited and places will be allocated to the first practitioners to return completed MCQs on an article to be e-mailed to participants ahead of the event.
To take part in the project or for further details, contact Dr Hunt by email at o.a.hunt@aston.ac.uk or call 0121 204 4143.
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