Hundreds attend J&J STEP courses

Almost half of final year optometry students have completed a new contact lens education course touring the UK.

Johnson & Johnson Vision Care Companies’ newly-established Success Through Education Programme (STEP) has enrolled 300 students.

So far, students from Anglia, Aston, Bradford, Cardiff, City, Glasgow, Manchester and Plymouth universities have experienced the courses.

Johnson & Johnson Vision Care Companies has also visited 75 per cent of penultimate year optometry students on campus.

Sheetal Patel, manager of The Vision Care Institute, said: ‘We are fortunate to have the backing of so many university optometry departments as it means we are able to support their students as they progress through their career.