Hundreds of 10 to 13-year-olds gained hands-on optometry and audiology experience on Specsavers’ stand at the Big Bang careers fair at the NEC in Birmingham on June 19-21.
‘This year we wanted to offer more clinical and technology insights into what life is like for optometrists in community practices,’ said Specsavers early careers manager Lucy Knock.
‘The exciting bit was seeing them having a go themselves at being the clinician, being that healthcare practitioner and seeing what it feels like to help people see.’
The students were able to use digital slit lamps, optical coherence tomography machines and fundus cameras under the supervision of clinicians and to see the images displayed on screens and take selfies with the images.
