The University of Portsmouth has told Optician that its new Masters in Optometry course will not be aligned with any one business or equipment provider and that student intake would initially be limited.
Course project leader and associate head of education Dr Isobel Ryder said the university had chosen to remain independent because it wanted to set its own syllabus agenda.
‘When I originally wrote the business plan for the course, I didn’t want it labelled in any way. We are very much open in terms of who we want to work with. We would like to work with independent optometrists on practice placements, but we would also like to work with multiples too and have been in discussions with them.’
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