The Association of Optometrists' Pre-registration period action pack for optometry undergraduates and pre-registration trainees is intended to assist undergraduate optometry students looking for a pre-registration training placement and optometry graduates undertaking their pre-registration period. Some pre-registration supervisors have also found it to be helpful.
The Action Pack, which you can access in pdf format on the right of this page, includes
Your pre-registration training is an extension to your degree course, where you can gain clinical experience in all aspects of sight care, and prepare for your Final Assessment. The pre-registration year enables you to "learn the ropes" and should be the foundation to your career as an optometrist. You need to satisfy yourself that during the year you will receive adequate training and preparation to allow you to tackle the Final Assessment with the fullest confidence.
We hope you will enjoy your pre-registration training, and we wish you every success in your Final Assessment and your future career.
At the end of the booklet there is a form for pre-registration period trainee optometrists to provide feedback anonymously on the pre-registration year at the end of the year in order that we might help to improve the effectiveness of pre-registration placements for trainee optometrists in the future.
The College of Optometrists has produced a pre-registration handbook which is available on their website.
