@article{4186a7637b97466098cdf204ab455cd4,
title = "Strengthening Indigenous eye care in Australia and New Zealand through a Leaders in Indigenous Optometry Education Network",
abstract = "The leaders of optometry schools in Australia and New Zealand/ Aotearoa aim to establish a Leaders in Indigenous Optometry Education Network (LIOEN) dedicated to strengthening Indigenous eye care through better educating optometry students and increasing the number of Indigenous optometrists.",
author = "Bentley, {Sharon A.} and Anstice, {Nicola S.} and Armitage, {James A.} and Jason Booth and Dakin, {Steven C.} and Garry Fitzpatrick and Peter Herse and Lisa Keay and McKendrick, {Allison M.}",
note = "Funding Information: The LIME Network aims to ensure the quality and effectiveness of teaching and learning of Indigenous health in medical education, as well as best practice in the recruitment and retention of Indigenous medical students and trainees. The LIME Network was established and formalised at its inaugural conference, the {\textquoteleft}LIME Connection{\textquoteright}, in Fremantle, Western Australia, in 2005. It became a stand‐alone project in 2008, forming part of the broader Medical Deans {\textquoteleft}Closing the Gap{\textquoteright} program, with secured funding from the Australian Government until 2020. 28 30 Funding Information: Medicine and nursing are more advanced in these endeavours. As part of the Medical Deans Indigenous Health Project, the Leaders in Indigenous Medical Education (LIME) Network was established in 2005, funded by the Australian Government. Similarly, the Leaders in Indigenous Nursing and Midwifery Education Network (LINMEN) was established in 2017. The leaders of Australian and New Zealand/Aoteoroa optometry programs agree that it is time for a Leaders in Indigenous Optometry Education Network (LIOEN), dedicated to better educating optometry students in cultural safety and Indigenous perspectives and taking collective responsibility for increasing the unacceptably low number of Indigenous optometrists. 28 29",
year = "2021",
month = apr,
doi = "10.1111/1753-6405.13080",
language = "English",
volume = "45",
pages = "89--92",
journal = "Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health",
issn = "1326-0200",
publisher = "Wiley-Blackwell",
number = "2",
}