Graduate Certificate in Ocular Therapeutics

Type of institution: Higher Education Institutions
Level: Postgraduate
CRICOS: 00098G

This program offers graduates with at least a three-year Optometry degree specialised training in ocular therapeutics, such that suitably qualified and registered optometrists in NSW will be able to prescribe certain ocular therapeutic agents for the benefit of their patients.

Structure

2 part-time courses of 12 units of credit each (24 units of credit in total).

Subjects

• Ocular therapeutics

Standard entry requirements

3-year Bachelor degree in optometry. Australian and New Zealand candidates only

Recognition

The program has been developed to address the required Competency Standards for Ocular Therapeutics as developed by the Board of Optometrical Registration of NSW in conjunction with the University of New South Wales and recognised by the Optometry Council of Australia and New Zealand.

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