Standing out from more than 1,490 in-person delegates (with a further 240 tuning in online) at this year’s RANZCO Congress in Perth were the 2023 new graduating fellows and many award winners.
Forty-six new fellows were admitted to the College at the Saturday night graduation awards ceremony, including six New Zealand fellows: Drs Zac Prime, Sheng Chiong Hong, Kevin Dunne, Monika Pradhan, Dickson Wong and In-Jung Lee. Other awards included:
2023 College Award winners
Two years after the Optometry Council of Australia and New Zealand (OCANZ) launched the Māori Health Curriculum Framework, newly published research in Clinical and Experimental Optometry shows how the profession is beginning to translate it into teaching and assessment.
2023 trainers of excellence
A special mention was also given to A/Prof Andrew White from NSW, who also received many votes.
Other awards
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University of Auckland's SOVS is conducting HRC-funded research via a survey to understand eyecare providers' perspectives on outreach work, aiming to develop mechanisms for easier participation and effective delivery to underserved groups.
An AI-assisted audit found nearly 3,000 peer-reviewed biomedical papers contain fabricated references, with the rate growing significantly. This
Vision Bus Aotearoa (VBA) secured renewed funding from the Buchanan Charitable Foundation, enabling continued mobile eyecare service delivery to underserved
