Differences in Practitioner Experience, Practice Type, and Profession in Attitudes Toward Growing Contact Lens

Nilesh Thite1, Alfredo Desiato, Lakshmi Shinde

  • 1International Association of Contact Lens Educators (N.T., L.S., G.C., C.L., K.P.); Optometry and Vision Science (A.D., J.S.W., S.A.N., R.G.-C.), College of Health and Life Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Global R&D (J.S.R.), Menicon Co Ltd, Nagoya, Japan; The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (P.C.), Hong Kong; School of Optometry and Vision Science (D.J.), University of Waterloo, Canada; Faculty of Biomedicine and Health Sciences (C.V.-C.), Universidad Europea, Madrid, Spain; Bausch + Lomb (O.C.), Hong Kong, Asia Pacific; School of Optometry (H.W.), Tianjin Vocational Institute, China; Helmholtz National Medical Research Center of Eye Diseases (E.L., E.T., O.P.), Russia; CooperVision (C.S.F.), Hong Kong, Asia Pacific; University of Milano-Bicocca (F.Z.), Milan, Italy; Jordon University of Science and Technology (M.M.B.), Irbid, Jordon; SEGi University (F.B.), Petaling Jaya, Malaysia; Rivoli Eyezone (N.D.), Dubai, UAE; Essilor Luxottica, Instrument Division, Creteil, France (E.L.), Department of Optics, Optometry and Vision Sciences, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain; University of Alabama (J.N.), Birmingham, AL; Singapore Optometric Association (J.C.), Singapore; Department of Optometry (V.N.), College of Applied Medical Sciences, Qassim University, Saudi Arabia; Eye-Contact-Lens Research & Education (E.v.d.W.), Amsterdam, Netherlands; University of Buraimi (G.V.), Oman; School of Optometry and Vision Science (V.M.), University of New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia; Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology (Y.B.), Kathmandu, Nepal; Jambo Eye Care (D.N.), Nairobi, Kenya; and Saks Taylor and Brauer (P.B.), Brooklyn, Pretoria, South Africa.

Eye & Contact Lens
|August 16, 2022
PubMed
Summary

Eye care practitioners worldwide see a hopeful future for contact lens (CL) practice. Continuous education and managing complications are key interventions for enhancing global CL care.

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