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| Title: | COVID-19 : ensuring safe clinical teaching at university optometry schools | Authors: | Jonuscheit, S Lam, AKC Schmid, KL Flanagan, J Martin, R Troilo, D |
Issue Date: | Jan-2021 | Source: | Ophthalmic and physiological optics, Jan. 2021, v. 41, no. 1, p. 144-156 | 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. | Keywords: | Clinical teaching COVID-19 Higher education Optometry |
Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell | Journal: | Ophthalmic and physiological optics | ISSN: | 0275-5408 | EISSN: | 1475-1313 | DOI: | 10.1111/opo.12764 | Rights: | © 2020 The Authors Ophthalmic & Physiological Optics © 2020 The College of Optometrists This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Jonuscheit, S, Lam, AKC, Schmid, KL, Flanagan, J, Martin, R, & Troilo, D. COVID‐19: ensuring safe clinical teaching at university optometry schools. Ophthalmic Physiol Opt. 2020; 41: 144– 156, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/opo.12764. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. |
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