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KMID : 1011420200250020103
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Journal of Korean Ophthalmic Optics Society
2020 Volume.25 No. 2 p.103 ~ p.111
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Study on the Future of the Korean Optometric Society following the Scientific Technology Development II: Optometry Curriculum against Impact of Industry 4.0 ①
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Seo Jae-Myoung
Kim Dae-Jong
Kim Hyeong-Su
Lee Ki-Seok
Ye Ki-Hun
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Abstract
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Purpose: This pilot study was performed to assess the perceptions of Korean optometrists about the Korean optometry curriculum and highlight the need for changes in education and policies for the next generation of Korean optometrists.
Methods: A self-administered questionnaire was completed by 152 optometrists across the country between September and November 2019. It investigated the relevance of the subjects required by the National Examination Board within the era of Industry 4.0.
Results: Of the optometry courses considered relevant for Industry 4.0, those covering refraction and visual dysfunction were the most important. Refraction was considered important by all 80 males (61.1%) and 10 females (47.6%). Forty optometrists (57.1%) in the metropolitan area chose visual impairment, and 53 (64.6%) in the province chose refraction. Sixteen optometrists (53.3%) aged 20-29 years, 44 (59.5%) aged 40-49 years, and 17 (89.5%) aged above 50 years chose refraction while the visual function was chosen by 18 (62.1%) aged 30-39 years. Fifty-one college graduates (64.6%), 18 four-year graduates (52.8%), and 21 graduate students (53.8%) considered refraction as important. Thirty-nine optometrists (59.1%) with less than 1 year and 23 (76.7%) with 2 to 5 years of experience considered refraction as important; 15 optometrists (68.2%) with 6 to 10 years and 19 (55.9%) with over 11 years of experience regarded visual dysfunction as important. Refraction was regarded as important by 66 (59.5%) and 24 (58.5%) optometrists working at optical shops and eye hospitals, respectively. Nineteen (54.3%), 35 (64.8%), 32 (54.2%), and 4 (100%) optometrists responded that Industry 4.0 would be realized within 1-2, 3-5, 6-10, and 10 years or more, respectively. Refraction was consistently regarded as important.
Conclusions: The courses regarded important for Industry 4.0 were those covering refraction and visual dysfunction. Professionalism in these subject areas, therefore, should be researched more in the future.
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KEYWORD
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Optometry Curriculum, Industry 4.0, Refraction, Visual Dysfunction
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