Simon Hanna

[Optometry Australia] [Webcast] lms.optometry.org.au/course/view.ph… TOPIC: Current Realities of and Future Possibilities for AMD WHEN? Tuesday 16 February 2021, 7.30 pm (AEDT) WHO? Dr. Lauren Ayton and Mr. Ian Cameron HOW MANY CPD hours? 2.75 Sponsored by @MacuLogix (cc @simonhanna81)

Raise a glass to freedom. Something they can never take away. #bidenharris2020

JOIN US TOMORROW night for our wonderful Optometry Australia webcast. Register here lms.optometry.org.au/course/view.ph… WHAT? Diagnosis and Management of Choroidal Naevi WHEN? Tuesday 22 September 2020, 7.30pm (AEST) WHO? Dr. Rod O'Day, ophthalmologist HOW MANY POINTS? 3 CPD points

"Some people feel guilty about their anxieties and regard them as a defect of faith. I don't agree at all. They are afflictions, not sins. Like all afflictions, they are, if we can so take them, our share in the Passion of Christ" -C.S. Lewis

The Victorian, NSW and ACT Governments have announced they are moving to shut down non-essential services. We expect more states and territories may make similar announcements shortly. At this point it is not fully clear what services are considered essential. 1/3

@OptometryAus prof dev & clinical policy mgr @simonhanna81 presents to 100 #optometrist at @auscollegeoptom national conf at MCG today on how working with @Vision2020Aus and @DiabetesAus on #keepsight program helps optoms do more diabetes eye checks. Register with Dani at lunch.

With Phil Anderton and Simon Hanna from Optometry Australia discussing opportunities for rural generalism and rural training optometry. Networks of GPs, optometrists and ophthalmologists are needed to provide the best eye health for rural Australians.

Wisdom is exhibited with appropriate words and silence at the appropriate time; graciousness is exhibited with encouraging words and silence at the appropriate time. How much better our world could be if we exhibited #gracious #wise #leadership in our words...and in our silence

In our world that is becoming increasingly complex by the day, there is seldom space for a simple ‘us and them,’ so we must endeavour to have as much #cooperation and #collaboration as possible, even when it must be preceded by #reconciliation, because polarisation serves no one

Earn up to 4.5 therapeutic points at Optometry Australia's live webcast on Dry Eye. This is a free, exclusive member-only event for all Optometry Australia members and will be held on Tuesday 24 July at 7:30pm AEST. Register here: webcasts.com.au/optometry24071…

Myopia Awareness Week (May 14-18) is a partnership between @brienholden, @OptometryAus and @UNSWoptomvsci, aiming to raise awareness of #myopia (short-sightedness) and the critical role played by #optometrists in treating it #MAW2018 #DontBeShortSighted

Female students who express a desire to become surgeons are asked how old they are, whether they are married and planning to have children... ‘‘You’re told surgery is hard or competitive, with the insinuation that you’re not competitive enough.’’ bit.ly/2rwGGPs

Optometry Australia’s newly formed MBS Review Advisory Group held their first meeting today in Melbourne to develop recommendations of how the OMBS should be amended to best meet the eye health needs of the population.

Why your kids need an eye test now news.com.au/lifestyle/heal… via @newscomauHQ

“Doctrines are not God: they are only a kind of map. But that map is based on the experience of hundreds of people who really were in touch with God.” #CSLewis

Are you a small fish in a large pond? A world-leading future studies expert, Professor Sohail Inayatullah, says metaphors help define who we are. Register for our free webinar on taking control of optometry's future to hear more from Sohail. webcasts.com.au/optometry06031…

Future takes shape with launch of Optometry 2040. optometry.org.au/blog-news/2018…

A new member-only resource helps to navigate PHI audit. optometry.org.au/blog-news/2017…

At a Dialogue in the Dark communications workshop doing team building activities in complete darkness! Run by @GuideDogsVIC x @DialogueAu

90% of blindness + vision impairment is preventable or treatable. #RMA17