Education Provider:

Australian College of Optometry

Program Type:

Certificate

Program Length:

1 year

Qualification:

Certificate in Ocular Therapeutics

Accreditation Information

Program Status:

Accredited

Approval End Date:

31/12/2021

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Education Provider:

Deakin University

Program Type:

Bachelor Degree / Masters Degree

Program Length:

3.5 years

Qualification:

Bachelor of Vision Science / Master of Optometry

Accreditation Information

Program Status:

Accredited with conditions

Approval End Date:

31/07/2019

Conditions

1. Deakin must provide a consolidated report as well as analysis and commentary on the number and diversity of patients seen by the students, encompassing all areas of clinical practice including general examinations, therapeutics, and all specialist areas at the mid-point of the CRP (covering start of CRP to February) and at the end of the CRP (covering March to end of CRP) for 2017 and 2018. These reports must also outline how any failure of the clinical residential placement program to meet the clinical training needs of particular students has been remediated.

2. The 2017 Annual Report must include a schedule of negotiation with health facilities that have taken place until the end of 2017 and indicate how future agreements will enable students to have participative experiences in special clinical areas (including low vision, contact lenses and paediatrics).

3. The 2017 Annual Report must include details on numbers of new / repeat / discontinued CRP practices and supervisors and comments on contingency planning for the sustainability of the CRP program should there be a reduction in returning CRP practices or supervisor numbers.

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Education Provider:

Flinders University

Program Type:

Bachelor Degree / Masters Degree

Program Length:

5 years

Qualification:

Bachelor of Science (Vision Sciences) / Master of Optometry

Accreditation Information

Program Status:

Accredited with conditions

Approval End Date:

31/12/2023

Conditions

1. The 2017 Annual Report must include a report on how understaffing in the program is being redressed

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Education Provider:

Queensland University of Technology

Program Type:

Bachelor Degree / Masters Degree

Program Length:

5 years

Qualification:

Bachelor of Vision Science & Master of Optometry

Accreditation Information

Program Status:

Accredited

Approval End Date:

31/12/2022

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Education Provider:

University of Auckland

Program Type:

Bachelor Degree

Program Length:

5 years

Qualification:

Bachelor of Optometry

Accreditation Information

Program Status:

Accredited with conditions

Approval End Date:

31/12/2025

Conditions

1. 

a. The 2018 Annual Report must provide an account of the implementation and impact of curriculum changes up to Part III (Year 3) of the program of study

b. The 2019 Annual Report must provide an account of the implementation and impact of curriculum changes up to Part IV (Year 4) of the program of study

c. The 2020 Annual Report must provide an account of the implementation and impact of curriculum changes up to Part V (Year 5) of the program of study

2. The 2019 Annual Report must provide an account of the outcomes of the strategies to continue to ensure and, where appropriate, to increase the quantity and diversity of clinical experiences offered to students, noting in particular the pending closure of Tamaki clinic.

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Education Provider:

University of Melbourne

Program Type:

Masters Degree

Program Length:

4 years

Qualification:

Doctor of Optometry (OD)

Accreditation Information

Program Status:

Accredited

Approval End Date:

31/12/2023

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Education Provider:

University of New South Wales

Program Type:

Double Bachelor Degree

Program Length:

5 years

Qualification:

Bachelor of Optometry (Honours) / Bachelor of Science

Accreditation Information

Program Status:

Accredited

Approval End Date:

31/12/2019

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Education Provider:

University of New South Wales

Program Type:

Bachelor Degree/Masters Degree

Program Length:

5 Years

Qualification:

Bachelor of Vision Science/Masters of Clinical Optometry

Accreditation Information: 

Program Status:

Accredited with Conditions

Approval End Date:

31/12/2019

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Education Provider:

University of New South Wales

Program Type:

Graduate Certificate

Program Length:

1 year

Qualification:

Graduate Certificate in Ocular Therapeutics

Accreditation Information

Program Status:

Accredited

Approval End Date:

31/12/2024

Accreditation Report Summary:

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