COVID-19: Ensuring safe clinical teaching at university optometry schools

Authors: Jonuscheit, Sven;

Lam, Andrew K.C.;

Schmid, Katrina L.;

Flanagan, John;

Martin, Raul;

Troilo, David

Source: Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

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: https://doi.org/10.1111/opo.12764

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has been spreading across the globe for several months. The nature of the virus (SARS-CoV-2) with easy person-to-person transmissions and the severe clinical course observed in some people necessitated unprecedented modifications of everyday social interactions. These included the temporary suspension of considerable elements of clinical teaching at optometry schools worldwide. This article describes the challenges optometry schools were facing in early to mid 2020. The paper highlights the experiences of six universities in five countries on four continents. Strategies to minimise the risk of virus transmission, to ensure safe clinical optometric teaching and how to overcome the challenges presented by COVID-19 are described. An outlook on opportunities to further improve optometric education is provided.

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Jonuscheit, S., Lam, A., Schmid, K., Flanagan, J., Martin, R. & Troilo, D. 2021, 'COVID-19: Ensuring safe clinical teaching at university optometry schools', Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, 41(1), pp. 144-156. https://doi.org/10.1111/opo.12764

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/opo.12764

Repository URI: https://researchonline.gcu.ac.uk/en/publications/6d78c775-c183-4c71-aece-ac0a5e7887ef