News and company updates

The CFEH Education team is always looking for ways to evolve the delivery of our online content. Our latest project, in conjunction with Optometry Australia, has been to develop some interactive online “tutorial-like” modules where the learning pathways adapt according to the responses submitted by the user. The emphasis is on applying knowledge taught within these modules to clinical cases. This style of learning allows the user to work through the material at their own pace, investigate topics of interest in more depth and also receive feedback on their answers.

Late 2019, Mivision featured a story about our successful 10 year celebration on Sunday. Click on the link to read the full article and see some photos from the event!

A big thank you to everyone who attended our Centre for Eye Health 10th Anniversary CPD Celebration event.

A lecture Michael Yapp gave recently at the American Academy of Optometry conference in Orlando has been selected as one of the “top lectures” from this year’s meeting and a summary of his lecture will be featured in a presentation at the Heart of America conference in Kansas City in February.

The 2019 American Academy of Optometry meeting in Orlando has now wrapped up. Michael Yapp, Jack Phu and Henrietta Wang were invited to present at the meeting this year and their talks were all very well received at this prestigious conference, attracting optometrists from all over the world. The topics presented by CFEH staff in 2019 include:

Congratulations to Henrietta Wang for passing her exams and becoming a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry.

Congratulations to Jack Phu who passed his exams to be accepted to the prestigious position as a Diplomate of the Glaucoma special interest group of the American Academy of Optometry.

During October 2019 Dr Jack Phu and Dr Angelica Ly were key note speakers for the New Zealand Association of Optometrists (NZAO) conference held in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand. Jack and Angelica both delivered 2 lectures and a workshop each at the well-attended meeting. They thoroughly enjoyed meeting many of the enthusiastic optometrists over the course of the weekend!

In late 2019, Michael Kalloniatis (CFEH) and Paula Katalinic (Optometry NSW/ACT) attended the Macular Disease Foundation Australia Research Grants 2019 at Admiralty House, Kirribilli.

Janelle Tong is the lead author on another paper accepted for publication in the American Journal of Ophthalmology, available online now ahead of print in December, 2019.