Original Research
Perceptions, expectations, apprehensions and realities of graduating South African optometry students (PEAR study, 2006)
Submitted: 19 December 2007 | Published: 19 December 2007
About the author(s)
A. O. Oduntan, Department of Optometry, University of Limpopo, Turfloop Campus, South AfricaA. Louw, Department of Optometry, Free State University, South Africa
V. R. Moodley, Department of Optometry, University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
M. Richter, University of Johannesburg, Kingsway Campus, South Africa
P. von Poser, University of Johannesburg, Doornfontein Campus, South Africa
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franchise. Many (79.7%) felt that Government was not offering sufficient opportunities for optometrists. The majority, (70.6%) felt that the South African optometry profession is fastly becoming saturated and this was of great concern to many (31.5%). About half, (50.3%) have plans to go overseas to practice and the
most common destinations were the UK (36.1%) and Australia (15%). The mean minimum monthly salary expected as new graduates was between R9 500 and R11 500 in the public and private sectors respectively. On a response scale, the future of optometry in South Africa was scored as 6.59 ± 1.92. Findings in this study may be useful to all stake holders in optometric education in South Africa, as they may reflect the future of the optometry profession in the country.
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