OCANZ COE case studies
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OCANZ - the Optometry Council of Australia and New Zealand - describes itself as the independent accreditation authority responsible for assessing optometry education programs and qualifications in Australia and New Zealand, with a mission of upholding public safety by ensuring optometrists entering the profession are competent, well-trained and equipped to deliver high standards of care. Its examination pathway is split on the OCANZ site between Australian/New Zealand optometrists and overseas optometrists, so the route a candidate takes depends on where they qualified. The OCANZ COE case studies are 5 cases and about 3,829 words.
1Sudden painless vision loss in a 68-year-old with a crowded disc
A 68-year-old man presents to your practice at 9 am reporting sudden painless loss of the upper half of his vision in the right eye, noticed on waking. He has hypertension treated with amlodipine and a 20-pack-year smoking history.
934 words, about 5 min2A 9-year-old with intermittent exotropia and a school report of poor concentration
A 9-year-old boy is brought in by his mother because his teacher reports he squints and loses concentration when copying from the board. He has no headaches.
714 words, about 4 min3A 54-year-old contact lens wearer with a red painful eye and a corneal infiltrate
A 54-year-old woman who wears monthly soft contact lenses on an extended-wear basis presents on a Saturday morning with a painful red left eye for 18 hours. She has been swimming in a hotel pool while wearing her lenses and admits to sleeping in them twice this week.
823 words, about 4 min4A 72-year-old with diabetes, cataract, and a request for new glasses
A 72-year-old man with a 15-year history of type 2 diabetes requests new glasses because his distance vision has worsened over six months. He takes metformin and gliclazide; his last HbA1c was 8.9%.
660 words, about 3 min5A 26-year-old with headaches, blurred near vision, and a strong family history of glaucoma
A 26-year-old woman presents with frontal headaches and blurred near vision that worsen through the day and are worse when reading. She is a postgraduate student who works 10 hours a day on a laptop.
698 words, about 3 min