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School of Optometry and Vision Science Annual Report: 2020
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Head of School
PROFESSOR SHARON BENTLEY
The year we planned to promote the need for good
‘20/20’ vision and optometry’s important role in eye
health, the year 2020, had finally arrived. We never
expected to be upstaged by a global pandemic
that would propel us almost instantly into an entirely
online mode of teaching and distanced way of being.
While there were many lows, there were again, many
successes.
First, I would like to acknowledge the extraordinary
efforts and commitment of the staff in developing and
delivering online learning opportunities. Additionally,
for their flexibility and determination in devising
countless iterations of the timetable to maintain
in-person clinical skills learning and the operation of
our clinic, when permitted. The invaluable experience
gained by students in our own clinic could not
happen without the support of our highly skilled and
dedicated clinical supervisors. We were also indebted
to the many optometry and ophthalmology partner
practices who were able to continue to support
students with work integrated learning placements.
Finally, I would like to acknowledge the students
and their tremendous efforts to meet the required
competencies, as well as their support of each other
through unprecedented times. Everyone simply got
on with the job and, remarkably, students completed
the year on time.
In the teaching program, we continued with our
commitment to implement the Optometry Council
of Australia and New Zealand Aboriginal and Torres
Islander Health Curriculum Framework. Dr Kristopher
Rallah-Baker accepted appointment to the position
of Adjunct Associate Professor in the School. Kris
is a Yuggera and Biri-Gubba-Juru/Yuggera man,
Australia’s first Indigenous ophthalmologist, previous
President of the Australian Indigenous Doctors
Association, and holds numerous other important
committee positions and directorships. He currently
practises at Sunshine Coast Ophthalmologists
at Noosa, Ramsay Private Hospital Noosa and is
a Visiting Medical Officer at the Sunshine Coast
University Hospital. Kris will be advising and assisting
us with the development and delivery of continuous
improvements in our cultural safety and Indigenous
perspectives curricula, co-supervising a higher
degree research student and hosting our Master
of Optometry students on clinical placement. We
are particularly interested in understanding the eye
health needs of children who are Indigenous and just
recently, I was fortunate enough to join four members
of academic staff who examined and collected data
from over 250 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
children in the Bamaga region, Cape York Peninsula.
During 2020, our track record of high-quality
research was recognised by QUT establishing our
‘Centre for Vision and Eye Research’. In addition,
the QUT School of Optometry and Vision Science
featured extremely strongly in a recently released
publication of the most impactful optometry
researchers in the world (Efron et al. Clin Exp Optom,
2021; https://optomrankings.com), with twelve
optometrist academics from our School among the
top 200. Furthermore, QUT is currently ranked as the
third most impactful optometry school globally (out of
270 optometry schools).
All of this speaks to the tenacity, resilience, integrity
and capability of the team of academics, researchers,
students and support staff of the QUT School of
Optometry and Vision Science. I am honoured to
work with them and I am certain we will continue to
achieve our vision of ‘Transforming how the world
sees through education and researc
Beyond limitations - Reflections collection 2020
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Since the beginning of 2020, the spirit of unity and resilience has
been witnessed in the lives of Australians as we battled against
devastating bushfires, COVID-19 and the resulting massive economic
downturn, that has left a wake of countless lost jobs, industries and
homes.
In what looks like a bleak future ahead, QUT students and staff
have both been breaking through to carve out a resilient future.
We want to inspire our students to know that they are not alone
in their struggles and to learn from those who have forged ahead. We
want to share the experiences and wisdom from our QUT staff and how
they have broken through their past limitations to achieve personal
success.
To achieve this, the QUT Chaplaincy aspired to publish this book
where QUT academics and professionals can share their
encouragement and stories with our students and fellow staff
members. To all the academic and professional staff whose
contributions in sharing your journey have made this collection
possible – thank you! Special thanks also to our team who edited,
collated and worked so hard behind the scenes.
We hope in publishing this book that the inspiring journeys and
words of fellow colleagues and teachers can help our readers on their
journey and to resonate with the QUT community spirit.
Yours Sincerely,
Rev. Fang Ling Queste
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