Global Optometry ResourcesLuigi Bilotto, MSc, OD.

Director Global Human Resource Development

Global Avoidable Blindness

• 802m VI

• 123m DVI due to URE

• 517m NVI due to presbyopia

• 90% in developing context640 million people are blind or vision impaired

simply because they don’t have

a pair of glasses

Strategic Pillars

Human Resource Development

Service Development

Social Entrepreneurship

Research & Development

 Sustainable Solutions  ↓↓ ↓↓ 

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Optometry Service Delivery Business models Validation

Educator courses Vision Centers Franchising Model development

Short Courses GRC (affordable specs) Growth Tools development

  Facilitation

Rationale

• HR needs:− 50 000 optometrists

• Education− Implementation− Support

Rationale

• Lack of affordable quality educational tools

• Prohibitive for students & faculty

• Time and resources intensive

• Reinventing the wheel

• Lack of uniformity in academia

Process

• Curriculum

• Content

• Expert review

• Consolidation

• Graphics

• Technical review

• Formatting

• Translation

• Upload

• Feedback / Add-on

Process

Process

• Curriculum

• Content

• Expert review

• Consolidation

• Graphics

• Technical review

• Formatting

• Translation

• Upload

• Feedback / Add-on

Process

• Curriculum

• Content

• Expert review

• Consolidation

• Graphics

• Technical review

• Formatting

• Translation

• Upload

• Feedback / Add-on

• http://www.brienholdenvision.org/

− Managed access

− Free

− Open-source via QA

− Global Hub