Health Professionals
Education and Training
Clinical education at the Eye and Ear Hospital encompasses both undergraduate and postgraduate education in the areas of ophthalmology, ENT, general practice, emergency medicine, optometry, orthoptics and audiology.
The hospital offers a supportive education and training environment at the forefront of teaching and research. In conjunction with Melbourne’s leading universities, we teach and train:
- Undergraduate Medical, Orthoptic and Optometry students
- Postgraduate Nursing (internal certificate) students
- Postgraduate Optometry students
- Postgraduate Ophthalmology, Ear, Nose & Throat and Anaesthetic students
- Emergency Medicine students (limited places available)
Junior Medical Staff are encouraged to be involved and support our ongoing clinical research activities.
Education and Support
Clinical education for Junior Medical Staff is undertaken daily in informal and formal teaching sessions by Senior Medical staff in all disciplines. Junior Medical Staff present, discuss and prepare for examinations with support and leadership from Senior Registrars and Fellows. Wetlab sessions for new Ophthalmology registrars are run within the first six months of training. The Emergency Department also holds tutorials and Junior Medical Staff are encouraged to attend other hospital initiated teaching sessions where possible.
Our education partners include:
- University of Melbourne Departments of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology
- Centre for Eye Research Australia (CERA)
- Bionics Institute
- The Hearing CRC
- La Trobe University
- Australian College of Optometry
- General Practice Victoria
- Cochlear Australia
- Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Opthalmologists (RANZCO)
- Australian Catholic University
- Victoria University
- Deakin University
- RMIT
- Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia
Saturday Morning Lecture Series
The John Colvin Saturday morning Ophthalmology Lecture Series are presented in partnership with the Centre for Eye Research Australia and are suitable for medical students in their clinical years. For more information and session topics and dates, please download the Saturday Morning Lecture Series flyer.
Education and training for GPs:
We have developed a range of education and training opportunities for GPs and other referrers to support the management of patients' eye and ENT conditions in the community and assist access to hospital services. We provide some evening education sessions with specialist speakers throughout the year, as well as opportunities for GPs to arrange clinical attachments (observerships) or access online education. Find out more information about our education and training opportunities here.
Library
Please also visit The Ronald Lowe Library located at the Eye and Ear Hospital which is run conjointly with the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (RANZCO) as a specialist health and research library, focussing on ophthalmology and otorhinolaryngology. You can speak with the Librarian about electronic access to the online catalogue.
Learn from the best
Our Senior Medical Staff are actively involved in training young doctors. Leaders in their fields of Ophthalmology or Otolaryngology, they run formal training sessions and lectures for medical students. They also host students from the St. Vincent’s Clinical School, in ENT and Eye Clinics.
By partnering with University of Melbourne and encouraging Junior Medical Staff to be actively involved in our ongoing research, we continue to produce outstanding and dedicated practitioners.
The Eye and Ear also has a full-time graduate Nurse Program, training Division 1 Registered Nurses within our busy Outpatients, Emergency, Perioperative Departments and Ophthalmology and ENT Wards.