Nikita Katoozi, a Master of Education/Visual Function in Learning program student at Pacific University College of Optometry (PUCO), is the winner of this year’s Optometrists Change Lives Student Writing Competition.
Her winning paper will reportedly be published in an upcoming issue of the Optometry & Visual Performance Journal — an international, peer-reviewed journal that is a collaborative effort of the Australasian College of Behavioural Optometry and the Optometric Extension Program Foundation.
For her paper, Katoozi reportedly set out to determine if there is room for improvement in the way classroom teachers identify children who need eye care, mainly how teacher use a head tilt to signify a child may be having difficulty reading. She reportedly conducted her research at an elementary school in Forest Grove, Ore., where she administered vision screenings on students who were referred by teachers for evaluation.
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Source: Pacific University School of Optometry