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Orthoptists in developing countries continue to lack access to current medical textbooks and journals that provide basic, practical information to enable them to deliver safe, effective care. Additionally, Orthoptists who IOA volunteers have taught, often lack local orthoptic colleagues to provide advice and model and they may have little or no access to continuing education opportunities such as teaching rounds, symposia or conferences where research and care experiences are discussed.
The IOA Volunteer Programme is attempting to address the orthoptic “information poverty” found in low resource countries and support those we train by creating an electronic library. When fully realized our electronic library will contain lectures, webinars, podcasts, online texts, journals and quizzes.
In the first phase of this information development campaign we are looking for volunteers to create mini lectures (5-7 slides) which can be used as reference material. What is a mini lecture? A mini lecture is a short 10-15min lecture on a specific topic. For example, a concise informative lecture on a topic such as the Worth 4 Dot: how it is performed, interpreted and its use.
Before you start to create a mini lecture for our library please contact the IOA Volunteer Program Director, Karen McMain, to let her know what topic you want to cover so she can ensure topics are not being duplicated. She can be reached at karen.mcmain@hotmail.com
What is involved? If you are interested in providing a lecture for this electronic library, we ask you to use PowerPoint to create your mini lecture (no more than 5-7 slides) and that you add a narration (voice recording) for each slide. Images can be powerful tools in a lecture but if you are using images in your PowerPoint please ensure that you have acquired permission to use copyrighted images and have obtained permission to use an individual’s photo.
From David Newsham,
BIOS Representative for the International Orthoptic Association
and Chair of the Local Organising Committee of the IOA Congress
