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Amanda Lea

Amanda Lea

Lecturer
  • M.Optom with Excellence, ÁñÁ«¹ÙÍø
  • Advanced Certificate in Children’s Vision, Australian College of Optometry
  • Associate Fellow, Higher Education Academy
Medicine & Health
School of Optometry and Vision Science

I am an education focussed academic, and contribute to clinical and preclinical teaching in the Master of Clinical Optometry program, predominantly in paediatric optometry and binocular vision. My interests include evidence-based clinical teaching and practice, and the relationship between vision and learning. I co-convene the paediatric strand of the final year course, and deputy convene the postgraduate course in advanced paediatric eye care.
Phone
+61 2 9385 4624
Location
ÁñÁ«¹ÙÍø Optometry Clinic Ground Floor North Wing, Rupert Myers Building Gate 14 Barker Street ÁñÁ«¹ÙÍø Sydney Kensington NSW 2052
  • Journal articles | 2023
    Fricke TR; Metha AB; Anderson DP; Lea AK; Anderson AJ, 2023, 'Does vision therapy for visual information processing improve academic performance? A randomised clinical trial', Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, 43, pp. 1326 - 1336,

2023 Academic Excellence in Education Award winner, School of Optometry and Vision Science

2023 Exemplary Teaching Practice Award honourable mention, ÁñÁ«¹ÙÍø

2023 Students' Choice Award for Inspirational Teaching nominee, Faculty of Medicine and Health

2023 Educational Excellence Award - Early Career Academic Staff nominee, Faculty of Medicine and Health
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Research Groups

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Research Projects

  • co-supervision of 2023 ILP student project: Association of Joint Hypermobility with Myopia in Australian Schoolchildren
  • collaboration with PVCESE on strabismus clinical teaching project using VR
  • co-lead of project investigating use of case study discussion for teaching and learning in paediatric optometry

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My Teaching

  • co-convenor ofÌýthe paediatric optometry strand, and 2024Ìýcourse convenor, of OPTM8511 (Clinical Paediatrics, Low Vision and Colour Vision)
  • deputy convenor of the postgraduate short course Advanced Paediatric Eye Care
  • teaches into a number of other optometry courses in paediatric optometry and binocular vision