Primary care role to prevent vision loss in people living with diabetes

Speakers: A/Prof Mitchell D Anjou and Dr Ralph Audehm

Register here: https://nadc.net.au/pcdwebinars/

Associate Professor Mitchell Anjou is an optometrist and public health professional who works as an Academic Specialist, Associate Professor and is deputy director of Indigenous Eye Health at The University of Melbourne.

He leads advocacy and implementation initiatives to Close the Gap for Vision for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians.

Mitchell directed public eyecare services in Victoria for over two decades at the Australian College of Optometry and currently contributes through boards and committees of the Australian College of Optometry, the Optometry Council of Australia and New Zealand, Vision 2020 Australia, Optometry Australia and jurisdictional and regional eyecare groups across Australia.

Dr Rajna Ogrin initially trained as a clinical podiatrist where she identified gaps in the provision of evidence based clinical practice. This has led to her working and researching in the areas of diabetes and community based, person-centred interprofessional care incorporating co-design, to better facilitate translating evidence into practice focusing on older people. She is the new Chair of the Primary Care Diabetes Society of Australia.