Should Optics Be Taught as Continuing Medical Education to Optometrists?

J. Jothi Balaji; Vasudevan Lakshminarayanan

doi:10.1364/ETOP.2021.Th1B.1

Education and Training in Optics & Photonics Conference 2021
OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 2021),
paper Th1B.1
•https://doi.org/10.1364/ETOP.2021.Th1B.1

Should Optics Be Taught as Continuing Medical Education to Optometrists?

J. Jothi Balaji and Vasudevan Lakshminarayanan

Education and Training in Optics and Photonics 2021

Washington, DC United States
8–10 September 2021
ISBN: 978-1-943580-98-9

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Education and Training in Multidisciplinary Environmentsfollowed by Low-cost Experiments for Higher Education (Th1B)

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J. J. Balaji and V. Lakshminarayanan, "Should Optics Be Taught as Continuing Medical Education to Optometrists?," in Education and Training in Optics & Photonics Conference 2021, A. Danner, A. Poulin-Girard, and N. Wong, eds., OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 2021), paper Th1B.1.

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Abstract

Optics concepts are fundamental to optometry. Currently, there is no published data on the status of conceptual optics among Indian optometrists. The results indicate the need for optics continuing education throughout their career.

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