Publication of the Second Issue of AOC Journal – Journal of Optometry Eye and Health Research (June 2022) + Consensus on Myopia Management for Asia

Dear AOC members,

This is to announce that the Consensus on Myopia Management for Asia is now published in the Journal of Optometry Eye and Health Research (JOEHR), an official journal of the Asia Optometric Congress (AOC).
This Consensus on Myopia Management project was initiated by AOMA, in partnership with AOC.

Vol. 3 No. 3 June 2022

https://journal.msu.edu.my/joehr-journal-2022.php

AOC would like to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to the Myopia Management Consensus team headed by Dr Monica Jong, the authors for their inputs and  AOMA for their untiring and excellent contribution.

Thank you.

Datuk Dr Murphy Chan
AOC, President

 

Latest News from India:

National commission for allied and healthcare professions, India appointed its interim committee on the 10th of June, 2022. NCAHP was established through an act of Indian parliament in March 2021. NCAHP is an umbrella council for 56 allied and healthcare disciplines in India. These disciplines have been clubbed into 19 groups for administrative convenience. Optometry is under ophthalmic sciences group. The other ophthalmic disciplines are ophthalmic assistant and vision technicians. Optometry has been accorded independent practice status and the other two disciplines have been placed in allied sector.

NCAHP will establish academic and practice norms in all the disciplines. In the academic area, norms for establishment of colleges, curriculum, infra structure, nomenclature of the academic programs and duration of the programs will be implemented. For practice standards regulations for – licensing exams, register of professionals, dos and don’ts in clinical practice, professional conduct norms and offences and penalties will be established.

Dr. Venkataramana Kalikivayi, HOD, Ahalia School of Optometry, Kerala and, Prof. Aditya Goyal, Principal, Sankara College of Optometry, Bangalore and Ludhiana have been appointed by the government of India as members of the committee for ophthalmic sciences group of NCAHP.

Prof. Aditya Goyal
Dr. Venkataramana Kalikivayi