Orthoptic Awareness Week is held in the second week of March each year. This is an opportunity to raise awareness of eye related issues and the profession of Orthoptics. 

This year the focus of Orthoptic Awareness Week is promoting the profession to potential students with an interest in becoming a health professional. Orthoptics is an engaging and rewarding career with opportunities for varies experiences within eye health care, research and education and we are taking this opportunity to spread the word. If you are interested in copies of our flyer about Orthoptics for yourself or to disseminate to career teachers and potential students, please contact our office at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it A copy of the flyer can also be found below (under Downloads) and is free to download.

Downloads

OAW Flyer.......click here 


More Resources

Feature on Orthoptics in The Age Nov 2010 (PDF 388KB)
Feature on Orthoptics  in The Age Nov 2008 (PDF 698KB)

Weblinks 

University programs in Orthoptics:
University of Sydney (Sydney)
La Trobe Univesity (Melbourne)

Videos on a career in Orthoptics:
International Orthoptic Association
(Go to Information / Orthoptic Education / Video: A Career in Orthoptics)

Contact

For further information or to order copies of the above flyer contact:
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