Directors of clinics in 16 optometry schools and colleges were surveyed concerning cardiopulmonary resuscitation certification requirements for faculty, student clinicians, and nonprofessional staff. Only half the respondents required students to be certified, one-fourth required faculty to be certified, and none required certification of other…

A pediatric optometry clinic teaches students how to provide appropriate services for school-aged children who present, because of reduced visual acuity, unstable binocularity and perceptual skill disorders, and teaches about half the students the fundamentals of care of preschool children and strabismics. (Author/MSE)

The University of New South Wales (Australia) has established the Vision Education Centre, a clinic designed to attract more pediatric patients for care by senior optometry students. The center uses interactive learning principles to teach elementary school children about optics, provides screening, and offers research opportunities. (MSE)