West Country eyes optometry course

A new optometry course based in the West Country aimed at attracting men to the profession is rumoured to be starting up.

The course is believed to have been devised by the Peninsula Medical School (PMS), a collaboration between Plymouth University and the Exeter Medical School. Industry sources suggested to Optician that the new optometry course would be structured around a practical, work-based syllabus and had been developed as a result of the shortage of optometrists in the West Country. This would make the course attractive to local students and the likelihood is that graduates would be in high demand from employers.