The Indicative Guidance is designed to support qualification providers by providing additional detail to accompany the GOC Outcomes for Approved Qualifications for Contact Lens Opticians. The indicative guidance provides more detail on the content that is expected to be in the new specialist qualifications, and gives examples of the types of assessment that could be used for the new GOC outcomes.
Project Three - ‘Enhancing the scope of practice in optical professionals’, was developed through a series of workshops with representatives from across the sector. The resulting report acknowledges the great deal of enthusiasm for, and value placed upon, qualifications to enhance the scope of practice of optical registrants.
The report has now been published and can be downloaded below: