Posted March 18, 2014
This interview is from ABC’s Health and Wellbeing Fact Buster. You can see the whole interview at http://www.abc.net.au/health/talkinghealth/factbuster/stories/2012/03/27/3459094.htm The interview features Sydney Ophthalmic Specialists very own Dr Michael Jones, paediatric ophthalmologist, speaking about the importance of children wearing sunglasses in our Australian environment. The answer to this question is yes. The earlier children wear sunglasses […]
Posted March 5, 2014
Below is an abstact from an article published in this month’s issue of the Medical Journal of Australia. Sydney Ophthalmic Specialists ophthalmologist Dr Frank Martin co-authored this paper. Vision Screening in Preschoolers: the New South Wales Statewide Eyesight Preschooler Screening (StEPS) program. Authors: Stephanie J Blows, Elisabeth P Murphy, Frank J Martin, Robyn M Davies. […]
Posted March 5, 2014
Below is an article published yesterday on SBS News about the importance of checking children’s vision and the 4 year-old vision screen known as StEPS. It features Sydney Ophthalmic Specialists Dr Frank Martin. Preschool checks prevent blindness: report A NSW preschool eyesight screening program is identifying problems that parents don’t notice and is giving children […]
Posted March 3, 2014
Click the link below to read an article on the Statewide Eyesight Preschooler Screening (StEPS) program, a free vision screening program offered to all 4-year-olds in NSW. The article features Dr Michael Jones and Dr Frank Martin on the importance of early vision screening in Children. Given the success of the StEPS program in NSW, […]
