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The University of Waterloo’s Optometry Clinic (School of Optometry and Vision Science) partnered with Plastic Plus in conjunction with the Pinball Clemens Foundation to provide vision screening and full eye examinations for over 200 children and youth at C.W. Jefferys Collegiate Institute in Toronto.  Other contributors included Zeiss and Innova who provided the optical equipment needed for the screenings and eye exams.  The Optometry Clinic aims to provide follow-up care for those children identified as requiring additional eye care.

The team from the University of Waterloo’s Faculty of Science and the CNIB found that near-sightedness, or myopia, increases from 6 per cent to 28.9 per cent over the age range studied. Children from the Waterloo Region and Waterloo Catholic District School Boards participated in the landmark study and overall, 17.5 per cent of them are near-sighted.

No doubt you are already using synthesized information to keep abreast of changes in optometric and ophthalmic practices, but navigating these resources, as they are constantly evolving, can be disorienting to practitioners. This article briefly outlines how review articles can help you in your evidence-based practice by knowing some of their core characteristics and how these differ among review types.