Table 2 Professional qualifications, and demographics of optometrists who completed the first online assessment.
Median (IQR) | n | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
A. Number of years qualified | 19.0 (9.3–24.8) | ||
B. Gender | |||
Male | 30 | 57.7 | |
Female | 22 | 42.3 | |
C. Setting of primary practice | |||
Independent | 33 | ||
Multiple | 10 | ||
Locum | 9 | ||
D. No. optometrists working in secondary care | 12 | ||
- No. days working in secondary care in a week | 3.5 (1.5–5.5) | ||
E. Optometrists working in glaucoma referral refinement/repeat measures scheme | 28 | ||
F. Optometrists with glaucoma post-graduate qualifications (College of Optometrists) | 25 | ||
G. Attended training/courses that discuss primary angle closure detection/management | |||
- WOPEC Glaucoma | 6 | ||
- CPD lectures | 4 | ||
- Independent prescribing post-graduate modules | 1 | ||
