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Optometry Education and Qualification in the United
Kingdom
Julie-Anne Little
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UK Regulation and professional standards
• General Optical Council
• College of Optometrists
• Association of Optometrists
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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’.
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UK Optometry Education system
• QAA Subject benchmarking statement (levels 4-6)
• Entry criteria – ‘A-levels’ or equivalent
• Students at least 18 years of age
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UK Optometry Universities
University of Ulster
University of Plymouth
Bradford University
Anglia Ruskin University
City University
Manchester University
Glasgow Caledonian University
Aston University
Cardiff University
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• 3-4 year BSc degree
• Majority exit with BSc in Optometry
• MSc in Optometry
UK Optometry Education system
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University accreditation
• GOC quinquennial visits to Optometry university courses
• Quality assurance system
• Competency-based scrutiny
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University accreditation
• Syllabi not identical
• Students must keep portfolio of evidence and satisfy core competencies
• Reports on GOC website
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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
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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
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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
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Pre-registration scheme – College of Optometrists
• Need supervisor to work with
• Can be in community or hospital setting
• Student AOP
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Pre-registration scheme – College of Optometrists
1. Work-based Assessments – Assessing each of the 75 elements of
competence. Approximately 4 visits
2. Work-based Assessment– Assessor examines a routine eye test and
Contact lens fitting under timed conditions.
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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
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After Registration
• GOC Registered optometrist
• Compulsory continuing education. Recent changes to this: e.g. Peer review
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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)