Course: Optometry and Ethnicity, Section: Unit 4 - Cultural competency in practice & resources (~10 mins)

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This programme looks in broad terms at the four main ethnic groups in the UK and the predominant eye conditions found within each group, as well as some of the less common conditions that may be encountered.

It provides help and guidance on building competence with cultural issues and how key principles can be applied in everyday practice. Dramatised scenarios, commented upon by experts in the field combined with real life case studies, help to demonstrate how cultural competence and awareness of the local community can help to significantly improve the care and service that optometrists provide to their patients.

Last published: March 2017

Unit 4 - Cultural competency in practice & resources (~10 mins)

This unit features interviews with real life optometrists serving diverse populations, who talk about how their practice has engaged positively with understanding their customers' differing needs and requirements, in order to improve the services that they provide. It also looks at the work of a successful RNIB outreach programme aimed at helping to improve the eye health of a particular local population in South East London.

The programme concludes by summarising some of the useful additional resources available to optometrists, including adapted eye examination charts, links to multilingual resources, and other documents which are available in the 'More information' section below.