IMPORTANT: LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER FOR OPTOMETRY 1 OR OPTOMETRY 2 COURSE PROGRAMMES

As you know, all Lithuanian optometrists graduates of Šiauliai University who are already practicing or intend to practice as optometrists and obtain a licence to practice in personal health care by 1 January 2023 are required to complete the Optometry 1 or Optometry 2 professional qualification development courses organised by the Faculty of Medicine of Vilnius University.

A person shall be entitled to practise as an optometrist if he or she meets the following conditions:

1.  Qualified as an optometrist;
2.  Hold a valid licence to practise as an optometrist under the professional qualification of optometrist.

Colleagues who have not yet completed the course programmes are invited to hurry up and contact the course leader, Dr Saulius Galgauskas, by 14 February 2022 by email: saulius.galgauskas@gmail.com and inform them of your intention to register for the course programme.  

V-813 On the approval of the Lithuanian medical standard MN 166:2018 "Optometrist" (lrs.lt)

President of the Association Vaida Kačergienė