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FEB 12 NEWS: Welcome to 2012!
Dear Colleagues, welcome to 2012! If Nostradamus is right, this will be our last year together, so let’s make it a good one!
And we’ll start it on a real high note – I am delighted to advise that the Josef Lederer Award for Excellence in Optometry has been awarded posthumously to our dear colleague Sue Larter.
Sue’s husband John and their families joined with friends and colleagues to accept the Award on Sue’s behalf at a function in Darling Harbour just prior to Christmas. Far from being a sad occasion, it was a wonderful celebration of Sue’s contribution to optometry, with both John and Rosemary Paynter offering great insights into Sue’s career and life.
The evening itself was exactly the sort of thing that Sue would have revelled in – a drizzly day had cleared to a warm and cloudless evening and with Christmas celebrations going on all around Darling Harbour, it was a perfect backdrop to celebrate the life of one of most memorable and loved colleagues.
From left, Rosemary Paynter, John Larter, Simon Grbevski, Nada Grbevski
President Lara Foster presents the Josef Lederer Award to John Larter
Rosemary Paynter making the presentation speech to Sue
FEB 12 NEWS: Super Sunday Conference 24 June 2012
We hope you got your postcard regarding the Super Sunday conference on 24 June at Technology Park, Redfern. It's going to be a very different (and hopefully exciting) CPD experience. Registration forms will be out to you in a few weeks, so mark the date in your diary now!
FEB 12 NEWS: From the President
Do you know when your last tetanus booster was?
I started contemplating this when I slipped last week whilst tightening a screw on a pair of glasses and promptly stabbed myself with a screw driver to the point of drawing blood. Having seen my colleague use the same screw driver earlier in the day to clean out the rim of a pair of glasses that were growing their own form of penicillin, I started considering my risk of infection.
Tetanus is caused by Clostridium tetani, which enters the body through broken skin. It most commonly causes infection through deep or dirty wounds. It can cause stiffness and spam of muscles, including the cardio pulmonary muscles and therefore has the potential to be fatal.
Boostrix is the immunisation which covers tetanus in combination with diptheria and whooping cough. Immunisation cover lasts for 10 years before you require a booster. As this immunisation is supported by the Australian government, it is generally available at low or no cost through your local GP. Having a young family, I realised that I had had an update not long before my daughter arrived, at that stage primarily to provide whooping cough cover.
So if you and/or your staff haven’t had immunisation against tetanus in the last ten years, it might be worth considering.
I hope that you have all had a smooth start to 2012 and have an exciting year in store.
Regards,
Lara Foster
FEB 12 NEWS: Eyecare Plus in India
Optometry Giving Sight has invited the management and staff of Eyecare Plus to provide direct support for a new project in India that will give tens of thousands of people faster and more affordable access to the services they need.
The project, which is being implemented by the LV Prasad Eye Institute, aims to establish an ophthalmic lens glazing unit in a secondary eye care centre in the state of Andra Pradesh. The unit will ensure that rural people can access lenses that can be mounted into frames in half the time and more cheaply than before.
FEB 12 NEWS: Beware the Restraint Clause
Almost every employee optometrist will have a "restraint clause" in their employment agreement. This is the clause which says that when you leave your employer, you won't work for a certain time within a certain radius.
It is very important to understand that restraint clauses are enforceable and, in most circumstances, binding. The essence of our advice is - if you sign for it, you own it. The time to negotiate a restraint clause (or any other employment matter) is before you sign the agreement, not afterwards.
If you do need assistance with any question on employment (or anything else!) don't hesitate to call the Association on (02) 9712 2199.
FEB 12 NEWS: Orlab Automated Focimeter Study
Prof Stephen Dain and the Orlab team at UNSW are conducting a study into the accuracy of automated focimeters. Click here for more details.
FEB 12 NEWS: World Sight Challenge - Smashing Records Everywhere!
Funds raised from the World Sight Day Challenge once again broke all previous records, coming in at an estimated $180,000, up nearly 13 percent on last year. NSW practices took the lead, representing more than a third of the total number taking part this year. Click here for the full story.
FEB 12 NEWS: Golf Anyone? Optometry Giving Sight Victorian Golf Day
Keen for a game of golf? Enjoy one of Melbourne's premier golf courses and support optometry's own charity in the process. Monday 5th March. Click here for more details.
FEB 12 NEWS: Optique Line Joins Optometry Giving Sight as Silver Sponsor
Optometry Giving Sight is delighted to announce that leading optical frames supplier Optique Line is coming on board as a Silver National Sponsor in 2012. Click here for more details.
FEB 12 NEWS: Cambodia Vision Dinner
Colleagues, you are cordially invited to a banquet to support Cambodia Vision, a charity that goes to Cambodia annually to provide sight-restoring cataract operations to underprivileged people. For details of the banquet to be held on 4th February at Cabramatta (Warwick Farm), click here.
Please direct any enquiries to Vienne Leung.
FEB 12 NEWS: School of Optometry & Vision Science Newsletter
SOVS at UNSW has had a pretty spectacular year! Clinic refurbishments, a new interns course and numerous awards for outstanding research were among the many highlights. For a full run-down on all the news from SOVS, click here.
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