School of Health Sciences Community Engagement Seminar

‘My Experiences in the Big Chair’:  Service User Experiences of Common Eye Diseases

The School of Health Sciences at City University London would like to invite you to attend our next Community Engagement Seminar.

Date:  Wednesday 24 June 2015

Time:  2pm-2.30pm

Location:  Room A226, College Building, City University London

The seminar will be led by Dr Byki Huntjens, Optometrists and Lecturer in the Division of Optometry and Visual Sciences.  She is involved in teaching multiple clinical modules and co-facilitates the contact lens teaching for undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Dr Byki Huntjens has introduced a new series of tutorials designed for UG and PG optometry programme, whereby service users with common eye diseases discuss their everyday experience of the disease, their experiences of the national screening services, and any treatment received.

Online eye examination tutorials including short interviews with the service users were prepared, and on separate occasions the service users supported dialogues with small groups of students regarding their everyday experiences coping with the disease.

‘By introducting the service user perspective to undergraduate optometry students, I envisage that the improved understanding of the patient perspective will translate into enhanced communication skills and optometric management when students progress to the professional eye clinics in their final year of study.’

During the lecture, Dr Byki Huntjens will address her experiences in recruitment of service users, filming and editing, and organizing the ‘Meet the Experts’ events for the students.  Additionally, she will present the feedback results, and discuss future work to this series.

For more information please visit www.city.ac.uk/health