NZAO 2015 Diary

NZAO DIARY

2015

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2015 DIARY

Level 11, 49 Boulcott Street PO Box 1978, Wellington 6140 Phone: 04 473 2322 Fax: 04 473 2328 Freephone: 0800 439 322 (0800 4EYE CARE) Website: www.nzao.co.nz

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WEBSITE Many useful resources can be found in the NZAO Website.

Visit: www.nzao.co.nz and use the search tool to locate resources.

See: Order Form to obtain NZAO Pamphlets GP Referral Forms GP Primary Eyecare newsletter online Codes of practice Patient information about eye health NZAO Members have exclusive access to even more resources including: • Optometry Guidelines

• CPD Credits Reports online

• Total Vision Care newsletters

• Member address details

• Clinical & Experimental Optometry Journal Online Members log in by selecting ‘Member Login’ on the home page at: www.nzao.co.nz

CONTACTS AT NZAO NATIONAL OFFICE Continuing Professional Development Walter Ruzvidzo

Phone: 04 915 6634 Email: cpd@nzao.co.nz

Membership services and Accounts Grant Firth

Phone: 04 915 6630 Email: admin@nzao.co.nz

NZAO National Director Dr Lesley Frederikson

Phone: 04 473 2322 Email: director@nzao.co.nz

Members’ Freephone: 0800 439 322

NZAO Membership: The subscription year for NZAO runs from 1 July to 30 June (the following year). Subscriptions are invoiced in October after the NZAO annual general meeting.

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NZAO VISION Our vision is that optometry will be accepted by the public, government, kindred organisations and professions, and by practitioners themselves as the profession most competent at providing primary eye and vision care to the community.

NZAO MISSION The mission of the NZAO is to promote our members as the source of primary eye health and vision care in New Zealand; to hold fast to the ideals of high quality clinical practice; and to educate others about the roles and skills of optometrists. In achieving this purpose the NZAO will enhance the vision and eye health of New Zealanders; enable the public to make informed eye health choices; and provide our members with a creative, dynamic and affirmative organisation.

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES • To be recognised as the foremost authority on primary eye health and vision care • To be recognised as the primary authority on matters related to standards of vision • For members to achieve the highest clinical standards • For Optometrists to be recognised as the first choice providers for eye health and vision care • To have a dynamic (enthusiastic, motivated and active) membership • To achieve an effective and efficient administration • To expand the domain of Optometry

NZAO CODE OF ETHICS INTRODUCTION A Code of Ethics is a guide to the professional conduct that may reasonably be expected of members of a profession.

The principal concern of a profession is the welfare of the public and many of the ethics emphasise this.

The NZAO has no statutory penal powers but in common with all incorporated bodies it can discipline its members. This process relies less upon penal measures than upon the loss of esteem among colleagues which necessarily accompanies the upholding of a just complaint.

To lay a complaint under these ethics is obviously a serious matter. If a breach of ethics appears to have occurred whether through ignorance or by intention, a personal approach should be made to the member concerned to seek their cooperation.

If this fails there is an obligation on behalf of other members to lay a formal complaint, in writing, with the National Director of the NZAO. A complaint may be laid by a member of the Association, a member of the public, or some other body.

PURPOSE This Code of Ethics contains the standards which: • Reflect the integrity of our profession • Reinforce the principles on which we make ethical decisions • Assist members of our Association adopt legitimate and professionally acceptable behaviour in their practices • People outside our profession may use to evaluate us.

OTHER OBLIGATIONS As well as observing this Code of Ethics, each member of the Association must also comply with all relevant laws and regulations which govern the practice of optometry in New Zealand. These ethics should be read in conjunction with these laws, the NZAO Rules and Code of Patient Rights.

Responsibilities to the patient Optometrists shall: 1. Always respect their patient’s rights, dignity, autonomy and access to continuity of care 2. Avoid all forms of discrimination; treating all patients, staff and kindred professionals with fairness, honesty, courtesy, respect and understanding

3. Understand the concept of duty of care 4. Disclose any significant proprietary interest they have in the care options recommended and not permit pecuniary gain to affect their clinical judgement 5. Endeavour to understand each patient’s cultural perspective and level of background knowledge, in order to ensure effective communication 6. Respect the confidentiality of the information received in the course of the professional consultation, only disclosing information where the patient consents or the law requires.

Professional responsibilities Optometrists shall: 7. Promote and maintain collegial, respectful and unselfish relationships with members of their own and other health professions 8. Practise with conscience and integrity in a manner that is in the best interest of the informed patient, enhancing the status of the profession and promoting public confidence 9. Ensure that their practice modalities, delegations, resources and the accurate and legible recording of clinical findings, diagnosis and management reflect the current standard of care 10. Promote and advance high standards of contemporary professional competence and knowledge, ensuring the delivery of accurate diagnoses, advice and treatment 11. Ensure that referrals and reports to and from colleagues and other health professionals are actioned in a manner appropriate to the patient’s best interests 12. Individually and collectively, strive to advance and disseminate the knowledge and learning of the profession for the benefit of the wider community.

Optometry and business practice Optometrists shall: 13. Not enter, remain in or negotiate a practising scenario where commercial imperatives including the offering of incentives have the potential to conflict with the free exercise of clinical judgment and the upholding of an uncompromised standard of care 14. Ensure that any arrangement to reward effort or performance does not have the potential to bias a practitioner’s clinical judgment toward decisions that may not be in the patients best interests 15. Seek the advice of a suitable colleague or organisation if they find themselves in a position or an environment of providing compromised patient care 16. When promoting their practice or profession, ensure any claims made are valid, truthful and reflect their status as a trusted registered health practitioner.

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WAYS IN WHICH NZAO HELPS ITS MEMBERS GROUP BENEFITS FOR NZAO MEMBERS • Publications – Members receive regular mailouts, including NZAO newsletter Total Vision Care and other relevant brochures or news sheets. Members also receive Journal of Clinical and Experimental Optometry six times a year and Pharma Magazine quarterly.

• Continuing Professional Development Opportunities – NZAO maintains an events calendar and organises activities for members; we also hold an annual conference with a programme of clinical papers, panel discussions, opportunities for networking, and trade displays. New for 2014: NZAO CPD ONLINE • Group Insurance Schemes – Significant saving in premiums are available. ✔ Professional Indemnity/Medical Malpractice Insurance – The policy covers claims for damages, legal proceedings (actual or alleged), and wrongful acts arising out of your professional business as a Registered Optometrist. ✔ Public Liability Insurance – The policy provides protection against Defamation, Fidelity (employees), Loss of Documents, Automatic RunOff (FREE!), One Automatic Reinstatement of the Indemnity Limit. ✔ Employer’s Liability – Defence Costs, Property in your Care Custody or Control, Punitive & Exemplary Damages ✔ Defence & Penalties (Statutory Liability) Insurance – The Fair Trading Act, Consumer Guarantees Act, Commerce Act, Privacy Act and defence costs and reparation costs in respect of the Health and Safety in Employment Act. ✔ Employment Disputes ✔ Public Liability Entity Cover (Tenant/Landlords) – As a landlord you are exposed to claims by tenants for damage arising from poor maintenance, for example, Sprinklers came on by mistake causing extensive damage to the tenants’ computer system. As a tenant you have an exposure to claims by landlords or other tenants for property damage suffered due to your negligence. For example, a tap left on floods the building or a heater left on burns the building down.

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Professional Indemnity Insurance: The group PI Insurance scheme for NZAO members provides cover from 1 August to 31 July. PI Insurance renewal forms are posted to members in June.

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Professional Appointments Listing: NZAO provides information to local and overseas optometrists seeking employment, and to NZAO practitioners looking to employ optometrists, including locums.

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Practice Relocation Listing: NZAO members can find out where records have been transferred to when practices close, change hands, or relocate.

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Practice for Sale Service: NZAO provides a confidential service for practitioners wanting to let other practitioners know about the potential sale/partnership-buy-in of their practice.

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Practice Consumables: NZAO national office has a range of items on sale to members at a modest cost, such as patient information pamphlets, display stands, carrier bags printed with NZAO logo, posters, and prescription cards for travellers.

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Cornea & Contact Lens Society of New Zealand Inc: Membership of NZAO is a pre-requisite for optometrists wishing to join the CCLS. The society has a membership of optometrists and ophthalmologists, and holds a biennial NZ conference.

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Branches: There are nine NZAO branches. Branch members meet on a regular basis, often with a presentation on clinical aspects of eyecare.

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Financial Benefits: Westpac Bank offers discounted member rates from only 1.27% on credit card processing, discounts on business and personal banking, lending, and EFTPOS terminals for member practitioners.

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Save Our Sight (SOS) project: The NZAO was one of the initiators.

NZAO members can participate this nationally run education programme promoting health and well-being with regards to eyes and vision.

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Employers Assistance: Advice, support and resources for employers. Phone 0800 158 001

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Disputes Resolution Service: The NZAO Complaints Committee is often the first port of call if a patient were to make a complaint against an optometrist. The alternative is a direct complaint made to the Optometrists Board and/or the Health and Disability Commissioner.

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NZAO working with the Government on the legislative issues: •

Optometry in NZ was unregulated when the predecessor of the NZAO was formed in 1912. The Association actively lobbied Government for optometry to become a legislated and regulated occupation. This eventually happened in 1928.

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The aspiration and desire of members at that time and to this day is for optometrists to be legally recognised and regulated as professionals rather than as retailers.

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The NZAO represented the collective views of members when the Government introduced the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 (HPCAA). This is the current legislation that regulates optometry in NZ.

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Under the HPCAA “optometrist” is a legal title, and the prescribing of ophthalmic appliances is a “restricted task” only to be performed by suitably trained and qualified health practitioners – optometrists and ophthalmologists.

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The restricted task makes it illegal for “refraction only sight tests” to be conducted in NZ because of the significant risk to public eye health and safety from undiagnosed eye disease. The restricted task means the clinical education and training required for a person wanting to use the title of “optometrist” in NZ is high by international standards.

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The restricted task is a direct result of the work undertaken by the NZAO and the Optometrists Board (the Board is the regulatory authority appointed by Government). Without this combined and concerted approach there is no doubt the restricted task for prescribing ophthalmic appliances would not exist.

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The prescribing of medicines by optometrists happened because the NZAO actively applied to the Ministry of Health for optometrists to be designated prescribers when the Government passed the Medicines Amendment Bill into law in 1999. The NZAO worked with DOVS, the Optometrists Board, and other groups, so the TPA scope of practice for optometry came into effect 2005. NZ optometrists who graduate from DOVS 2006 onwards are TPA-endorsed.

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In 2006 NZAO started working with Pharmac to ensure optometrist prescriptions were eligible for pharmacy subsidies. As a result the system of subsidies was reviewed to focus on patient characteristics not who prescribes the medicines. This means optometrist scripts for medicines are eligible for government subsidies just like ophthalmologist scripts for medicines.

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As a direct result of the efforts of NZAO, in 2014 NZ optometrists will become “authorised prescribers” and, as such, equal under the law to other authorised prescribers such as registered medical practitioners and dentists. This has public health benefits for conditions such as glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy and professional career benefits for optometrist health practitioners.

NZAO supporting NZ optometric education: •

The NZAO Annual Conference provides opportunity for members to achieve their continuing professional development (CPD) credits for the year. The educational programme includes international and local speakers, and a blend of clinical lectures, clinical workshops, clinical science and vision science lectures.

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NZAO Branches and National Office organise local opportunities for peer support, vocational education (lectures, peer review, online CPD, clinical placements), and opportunities for interaction with kindred professions.

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The Association initiated the process that resulted in structured peer review becoming a recognised activity for practitioner CPD credits.

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The Association provided the seed funding and persuaded The University of Auckland to establish an optometry course for NZ in 1965. This course has since grown into the Department of Optometry and Vision Science (DOVS). Although the NZAO has no direct influence on University affairs or policy decisions, the NZAO and DOVS maintain an important and ongoing working relationship.

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New Zealand Optometrical Trust (NZOT) and NZAO Education and Research Fund (NERF) are the charitable trusts of the NZAO that provide: ✔ NZAO Extern Student Scholarships (undergraduate) ✔ NZAO Undergraduate Awards ✔ Peg Wood Award (undergraduate) ✔ Paul Dunlop Memorial Research Scholarship (undergraduate) ✔ HC Russell Memorial Postgraduate Scholarship (Masters or PhD) ✔ NZAO Postgraduate Scholarships (PhD) ✔ NZAO Post-Doctoral Fellowship (Post-Doctoral position at DOVS) ✔ Optometry Development Grants (professional education and research of relevance to practitioners).

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Tel/Fax 09 426-9517 Email ascot.optical@xtra.co.nz Contact Maralene Radford