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 Amanda Lea

Amanda Lea

Lecturer
  • M.Optom with Excellence, UNSW
  • Advanced Certificate in Children’s Vision, Australian College of Optometry
  • Associate Fellow, Higher Education Academy
Medicine & Health
School of Optometry and Vision Science

I am an education focussed academic, and contribute to clinical and preclinical teaching in the Master of Clinical Optometry program, predominantly in paediatric optometry and binocular vision. My interests include evidence-based clinical teaching and practice, and the relationship between vision and learning. I co-convene the paediatric strand of the final year course, and deputy convene the postgraduate course in advanced paediatric eye care.

Phone
+61 2 9385 4624
Location
UNSW Optometry Clinic Ground Floor North Wing, Rupert Myers Building Gate 14 Barker Street UNSW Sydney Kensington NSW 2052
  • Journal articles | 2023
    Fricke TR; Metha AB; Anderson DP; Lea AK; Anderson AJ, 2023, 'Does vision therapy for visual information processing improve academic performance? A randomised clinical trial', Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, 43, pp. 1326 - 1336,

2023 Academic Excellence in Education Award winner, School of Optometry and Vision Science

2023 Exemplary Teaching Practice Award honourable mention, UNSW

2023 Students' Choice Award for Inspirational Teaching nominee, Faculty of Medicine and Health

2023 Educational Excellence Award - Early Career Academic Staff nominee, Faculty of Medicine and Health
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Research Groups

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Research Projects

  • co-supervision of 2023 ILP student project: Association of Joint Hypermobility with Myopia in Australian Schoolchildren
  • collaboration with PVCESE on strabismus clinical teaching project using VR
  • co-lead of project investigating use of case study discussion for teaching and learning in paediatric optometry

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My Teaching

  • co-convenor ofÌýthe paediatric optometry strand, and 2024Ìýcourse convenor, of OPTM8511 (Clinical Paediatrics, Low Vision and Colour Vision)
  • deputy convenor of the postgraduate short course Advanced Paediatric Eye Care
  • teaches into a number of other optometry courses in paediatric optometry and binocular vision