Mortimer Hirst www.mortimerhirst.co.nz has been actively involved with lecturing and training in the optical industry since its inception, starting with the original business partners Doug Mortimer and Eugene Hirst.
This continues today with business partner Grant Watters www.grantwatters.co.nz, Kerry Atkinson www.kerryatkinson.co.nz, Alan saks www.alansaks.co.nz and Varny Ganesalingam (web site coming soon).
Grant continues to work with the Auckland University Department of Optometry and Vision Science (DOVS). He conducts research, lectures and examines final year students. Kerry is also a lecturer and examiner of final year students at the DOVS.
Varny teaches Pharmacy Interns in their pre-registration year about ocular disease and Alan continues to lecture globally and write for a number of industry publications.
Mortimer Hirst is currently the only practice in New Zealand chosen for a clinical research outreach programme for final year optometry students. Optometry students from the Auckland University Department of Optometry and Vision Science are trained on site at Mortimer Hirst by Grant Watters.
Mortimer Hirst is also the only practice in New Zealand chosen to train Optometrists for the newly established Clinical Master of Science in Optometry degree in contact lenses by the DOVS.
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