Specialist Certificate in Glaucoma and Retinal Disease

This Specialist Certificate is a part-time course for established optometrists seeking to continue their professional development and develop a specialisation in glaucoma and retinal disease.

Offered by the Department of Optometry & Vision Sciences in the School of Health Sciences, this course covers the most current theories on the pathophysiology, diagnosis and management of ocular disease affecting the back of the eye, including a critical examination of how the state-of-the-art diagnostic and imaging tools can be incorporated into clinical practice.

Developed by leaders in the field, the Master of Clinical Optometry is an in-depth and challenging course designed to significantly advance your clinical skills in your chosen fields of specialisation.

You will re-examine the basic sciences of clinical optometry in the context of the latest evidence, as well as updating your knowledge and skills with an emphasis on understanding and managing clinical problems.

Specifically designed for off-campus study using e-learning applications, this course also allows you to complete and apply learning tasks in your own practice.

On completion of this course the students will have:

• Advanced knowledge and skills in their selected fields of clinical optometry.
• Detailed knowledge in the use and application of specific advanced diagnostic techniques and/or instrumentation
• An advanced ability to evaluate and synthesise research from the scientific and clinical literature
• An appreciation of the value of, and the ability to achieve, collaboration with other healthcare professionals as an effective means to aid clinical problem-solving
• The capacity to interpret and integrate information from a variety of sources (such as patient presentation details, advanced diagnostic techniques, scientific, clinical and technical literature, and other healthcare professionals) in the development of the most appropriate patient management
• The ability and initiative to offer enhanced clinical services based on their in-depth study in selected fields of clinical optometry
• Have advanced their clinical skills and developed flexibility of outlook such that they are better able to respond to future paradigm shifts in the scope of optometric management.

It takes about 20 minutes to complete the form using the online application system.

You can save your work in progress and complete the application at a later date.