Posted: September 13th, 2017

Optometry in Australia

Optometry in Australia

The Australian Health Ministers’ Advisory Council (a committee charged with progressing health related aims of the Council of Australian Governments (COAG)) has been given the task of progressing the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme for the Health Professions.

Answer these questions about Optometry in Australia :
Workforce characteristics
•    Identify the numbers and distribution of workers in the workforce group. This could include gender patterns, age groups, ethnicity…
•    Any other key factors regarding this workforce group that you think are of significance.
•    What formal entities exist to represent/support/regulate your workforce group.

You have to include those references:
Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency – http://www.ahpra.gov.au/
Australia’s Health Workforce online – http://www.ahwo.gov.au/index.asp
Australian Health Ministers Advisory Council – http://www.ahmac.gov.au/site/home.aspx

http://www.healio.com/optometry/low-vision-geriatrics/news/print/primary-care-optometry-news/%7B776b6f37-1690-4a25-97d2-b2fdd4c06728%7D/occupational-visual-demands-change-as-workforce-ages very good resource

http://www.optometryboard.gov.au/About/Statistics.aspx  Statistics

http://www.aihw.gov.au/media-release-detail/?id=6442464353
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20718789
http://www.oaansw.com.au/members-ohs-manual.html
http://www.who.int/workforcealliance/members_partners/member_list/wcoptometry/en/

http://www.ahpra.gov.au/documents/default.aspx?record=WD12%2F8975&dbid=AP&chksum=%2FjvUOEK00oRG8fvoXkzzpw%3D%3D

http://www.ahpra.gov.au/documents/default.aspx?record=WD12%2F8712&dbid=AP&chksum=78hjhGAkba5%2Ftd29DU6uQw%3D%3D