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McClelland, Julie F.; Breslin, Karen – Education Sciences, 2019
Background: The Place Model was developed in order to conceptualize the various roles and career pathways of the teaching profession. It can be used to evaluate long-term professional career trajectories and to encourage the student-teacher to visualize their future personal and professional development. Methods: In the present study, the Place…
Descriptors: Optometry, Allied Health Occupations Education, Undergraduate Students, Allied Health Personnel
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Backhouse, Simon; Taylor, Darci; Armitage, James A. – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2019
Understanding orbital anatomy is important for optometry students, but the learning resources available are often fragile, expensive, and accessible only during scheduled classes. Drawing on a constructivist, personalized approach to learning, this study investigated students' perceptions of an alternative learning resource: a three-dimensional…
Descriptors: Anatomy, Optometry, College Students, Student Attitudes
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Marinoff, Rebecca; Heilberger, Michael H. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2017
A model Center of Excellence in Low Vision and Vision Rehabilitation was created in a health care setting in China utilizing an inter-institutional relationship with a United States optometric institution. Accomplishments of, limitations to, and stimuli to the provision of low vision and vision rehabilitation services are shared.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Visual Impairments, Partial Vision, Rehabilitation
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Mancil, Gary L.; And Others – Optometric Education, 1995
A survey of chief academic officers and faculty (n=27) in 16 schools of optometry found that, since 1986, there has been a 75% increase in institutions requiring coursework in geriatric optometry and an 83% increase in those offering continuing professional education in this field. However, 67% of faculty report no formal training. Three faculty…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, College Faculty, Educational Needs, Faculty Development
Urban and Rural Systems Associates, San Francisco, CA. – 1976
The study focused on women's education in eight health professions: medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, podiatry, pharmacy, and public health. Its central tasks were to identify and explore the barriers to success that women face as school applicants and students. Almost 600 interviews were conducted with…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Admission (School), Affirmative Action, Allied Health Occupations Education