It was an eye-opening day for Wayne to host not one, but two launch events on 23 June this year (2023) when Singapore Polytechinc partnered with two global vision care leaders – EssilorLuxottica and Zeiss – to introduce Singapore’s first integrated optometry suite to the SP Optometry Centre (SPOC), to enhance the training of its optometry students.
One component, the SP-EssilorLuxottica Myopia Management Suite, will expose optometry students to various myopia management options to cater to patients with different needs.
Students will also be taught evidence-based approaches that delay the onset or progression of myopia.
For example, students will learn to diagnose myopia accurately with #EssilorLuxottica’s state-of-the-art equipment and how to prescribe myopia control spectacle lenses, which better help in slowing myopia progression and elongation of the eyeball.
Another training component is the SP-Zeiss Vision Analysis Suite, which gives students practical learning experiences that will develop their expertise and efficiency in vision assessment.
With the use of #Zeiss equipment, students can also reduce the time taken to test and fit patients for corrective lenses as well as reduce the margins of error.
SP said that these new technologies and training opportunities will further elevate and build on SP’s longstanding optometry programme, which began in 1994, to deliver the best-in-class care for myopia patients and equip students with the relevant knowledge and skills to advance in their optometry careers.
Thank you so much to #singaporepolytechnic for having Wayne as the official #masterofceremony to #emcee this important and impactful event.
More news about this advancement in The Straits Times: https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/singapore-polytechnic-optometry-students-to-train-with-cutting-edge-technology