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Evaluations Of Exit Competencies Of Optometrists In Mozambique, Kajal Shah, James Loughman
Evaluations Of Exit Competencies Of Optometrists In Mozambique, Kajal Shah, James Loughman
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Introduction: The appropriate education for eye health workers is a key determinant of sustainable eye health care systems, and the solution to avoidable blindness and visual impairment. The Mozambique Eye care Project (MEP), is developing the country's first indigenously trained optometrists using a competency-based education curriculum.
Aims: The principal aim is to evaluate the exit clinical competencies of the first optometry graduates in Mozambique and to inform the evaluation of the competency curriculum.
Methods: Using UK based competencies as a benchmark; nine final year students were examined to assess competences in six core subjects.Further information about factors relating to their …