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Inclusion/Exclusion Criteria

Before you decide to participate in this research study, we need to ensure that it is okay for you to take part. The research study is looking recruit people who meet the following criteria:

• Over 18 years of age
• Good visual acuity without glasses (can use contact lenses)
• No known susceptibility to motion sickness
• No known balance or gait disorders

And does NOT fit to any of the following conditions:

• Women who are pregnant
• People who have balance problems (e.g., vertigo)
• People who suffer from back pain
• People with any neurological disorder
• People who are susceptible to motion sickness
• People who are unwell in their general health

Online Platform Post Subject: [HC No: iRECS5767] Invitation to participate in research

It is believed that, to ensure patient safety and improve outcomes, health professionals need to constantly update their knowledge and thus they should be lifelong learners. Based on the education theories, one of the main attributes of lifelong learners is having self-regulated and self-directed aptitudes of learning (SELF-ReDiAL or in short, SR). Considering this, it is inferred that health professional education aims at developing lifelong learners with high levels of SR. Accordingly, it is imperative to design a valid and reliable tool for measuring SR in health professional students which will assist in research to determine the enablers of and barriers to these aptitudes.

Researchers at UNSW are conducting a project to develop a tool for measuring SR in health professional students and determine the association between this SR aptitude and wellbeing, and as a student enrolled in one of the health-related programs, including Medicine, Optometry, Physiotherapy, Pharmacy, Dentistry, Nursing, and other allied health disciplines, at universities in Australia, New Zealand, and the UK you are being invited to take part. Participation in this research is not a requirement of the course.

Taking part in this research study is optional and you may choose not to participate. Your decision to participate, or not, will have no impact on your assessments or course grades.

If you are interested, the research project is looking for people who are willing to take part in this research and who are:

Enrolled in one of the health-related programs, including Medicine, Optometry, Physiotherapy, Pharmacy, Dentistry, Nursing, and other allied health disciplines, at universities in Australia, New Zealand, and the UK.

If you decide to take part in the research, a full description of the research is included in the attached participant information statement and consent form – a copy can be downloaded using this link:

Participation in this research will take approximately 8 minutes and it involves answering a set of questions about your perceptions about and approaches toward learning, as well as some demographic questions.

You can participate in this study, by following this link:

The research study is looking recruit people who meet the following criteria:

• Enrolled in the final stage of the Master of Clinical of Optometry course.
• Practicing optometrists.
• Have access to a desktop or electronic device that can open a PowerPoint presentation.

Participants meeting the following criteria will be excluded from the study:

• Unable to read and comprehend English and give informed consent by signing a record of informed consent.
• Under 18 years old.
• Not a qualified optometrist or final year UNSW Optometry student.

We are looking for:

• Adults between the ages of 18 to 40 years old
• Normal healthy eyes
• Can understand and provide informed consent to participate
• Can comply with the study procedures

You will not be able to participate in the study if you:

• Are under the age of 18 and over the age of 40
• Have any ocular pathology or systemic disease
• Have a history of ocular surgery or ocular trauma
• Do not have a recent history of wearing contact lenses (soft lenses within 1 week or rigid lenses within 4 weeks)
• Have diagnosed dry eye
•  A very large spectacle prescription