Comparison
Optometrist: the UK or Ireland?
Two optical regulators: the GOC's assessment, interview and placement route against CORU's Optical Registration Board, and how to choose.
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Optometrist · 7 articles
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Optometrist to Canada: the OEBC route, step by step
Canada's route for an overseas-trained optometrist: FORAC credential assessment, the IGOEE, bridging where needed, the OEBC exam, then a province.
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Optometrist to New Zealand: the ODOB route, step by step
New Zealand's ODOB has two scopes for an overseas-trained optometrist: Provisional after the COE, full after ocular therapeutics. The steps and documents.
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Optometrist to Australia: the AHPRA route, step by step
Before Ahpra registers an overseas-trained optometrist, OCANZ examines them. The four COE steps, ocular therapeutics, English and the documents to gather.
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Optometrist to Ireland: the CORU route, step by step
How CORU's Optical Registration Board recognises an overseas optometry degree: the standards, clinical evidence, OET Optometry, and the Board's decision.
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Optometrist to the UK: the GOC route, step by step
How the General Optical Council assesses an internationally trained optometrist: self-assessment, QC checks, an interview, then the Scheme for Registration.
Overview
Optometrist abroad: your routes compared
GOC, CORU, OCANZ, ODOB and FORAC: how five countries assess an internationally trained optometrist, and the one exam that serves two of them.