Accreditation

1.  An interim report (due 30 June 2020) to OCANZ must include for every unit in the Master of Optometry program; the ‘Determinant of Unit Particulars’, an updated document mapping assessment to learning outcomes, and the Unit Outline. Subsequent advice is to be provided to OCANZ if these documents are subject to any change as a result of internal program approval processes. 

2.  An interim report (due 30 June 2021) to OCANZ must include a plan, budget and timetable to expand the campus clinical facilities in order to meet the program’s goals to deliver approximately 50% of the minimum patient experience on campus. The report is also to include a forward plan and budget for the maintenance and/or replacement of the optometry facilities and equipment over a cycle of up to 8 years. 

3.  The 2021 Annual Report, an interim report (due 30 June 2022) and the 2022 Annual Report (i.e. every 6 months until re-accreditation) to OCANZ must

a)   show that the program’s agreed minimum patient numbers provided to OCANZ are being met. Each report is to include data by individual student, by placement setting, patient numbers and patient types of presenting conditions. These reports must also outline how any failure of the clinical training program to meet the clinical training needs of particular students has been remediated.

b)   provide a qualitative update on the Professional Practice Convenor’s tracking of students’ external clinical placement experiences. 

4.  The 2021 Annual Report, an interim report (due 30 June 2022) and the 2022 Annual Report (i.e. every 6 months until re-accreditation) to OCANZ must show that the program is meeting or exceeding implementation of the program’s planned staff numbers as outlined to OCANZ in the Stage 2 submission documents. The report should also address how the hire of staff and/or the redistribution of staff duties are ensuring the robustness and continuity of program leadership in the face of planned and/or unplanned staffing changes. 

5.  The reaccreditation submission must include a report on a formal review of the ways in which program is delivering content in:

                Contact lenses

                Paediatrics (including myopia control)

                Binocular Vision

                Low vision

                Therapeutics

                Glaucoma

                Medical retina

                Anterior eye.

This review is to address the volume of learning and patient experience in each area and the efficacy of integrating it vertically (separation across years) and horizontally (across units) throughout the program.

This review is to include external input.

Update: OCANZ deemed Condition 1 has been met in July 2020 and Condition 2 met in September 2021.