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Optometry E ducation and Qualification in the United Kingdom Julie-Anne Little

Optometry E ducation and Qualification in the United Kingdom Julie-Anne Little. UK Regulation and professional standards. General Optical Council College of Optometrists Association of Optometrists . General Optical Council (GOC). Two stages of competency for optometrists

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Optometry E ducation and Qualification in the United Kingdom Julie-Anne Little

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  1. Optometry Education and Qualification in the United KingdomJulie-Anne Little

  2. UK Regulation and professional standards • General Optical Council • College of Optometrists • Association of Optometrists

  3. General Optical Council (GOC) • Two stages of competency for optometrists • Stage 1: satisfied by BSc Optometry (or equivalent) • Stage 2: satisfied by Examinations at end of ‘Pre-registration year’.

  4. UK Optometry Education system • QAA Subject benchmarking statement (levels 4-6) • Entry criteria • ‘A-levels’ or equivalent • Students at least 18 years of age

  5. UK Optometry Universities Glasgow Caledonian University University of Ulster Manchester University Bradford University Anglia Ruskin University Aston University Cardiff University City University University of Plymouth

  6. UK Optometry Education system • 3-4 year BSc degree • Majority exit with BSc in Optometry • MSc in Optometry

  7. University accreditation • GOC quinquennial visits to Optometry university courses • Quality assurance system • Competency-based scrutiny

  8. University accreditation • Syllabi not identical • Students must keep portfolio of evidence and satisfy core competencies • Reports on GOC website

  9. University experience • In-depth anatomy and science foundations • Requirements to perform minimum number of eye examinations and Dispensing activities • Visits to Ophthalmology clinics • In-depth Ocular disease

  10. University experience • Specialist practice, e.g. Low vision, binocular vision, paediatrics • Wide range of assessment experiences • Research project • Inter-disciplinary learning • Evidence-based practice • Ocular Therapeutics

  11. After University • Compulsory to undertake a Pre-registration year of supervised work • Must have graduated with at least a 2:2 • Professional examinations at end of this year • Ran by College of Optometrists

  12. Pre-registration scheme – College of Optometrists • Need supervisor to work with • Can be in community or hospital setting • Student AOP

  13. Pre-registration scheme – College of Optometrists • Work-based Assessments • Assessing each of the 75 elements of competence. Approximately 4 visits • Work-based Assessment • Assessor examines a routine eye test and Contact lens fitting under timed conditions.

  14. Pre-registration scheme – College of Optometrists 3. Final Assessment • Not in own practice. In an examination centre. • Objective Structure Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) • 16 OSCE’s, five minutes each

  15. After Registration • GOC Registered optometrist • Compulsory continuing education. Recent changes to this: e.g. Peer review

  16. Career Ladder • Independent therapeutic prescribing rights • Further academic and professional options • Post-graduate short courses (level 7) • MSc (level 7) • PhD (level 8) • Professional Doctorates (level 8)

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