Position | Role in the programme |
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Health professionals | |
Eye screening coordinator | Coordinates the screening programme from the rural hub and visits remote communities to capture fundal images |
Registered nurse screener | Visits remote communities to capture fundal images |
Diabetes educator | Travels with the DR screening team providing diabetes education |
Indigenous outreach worker | Contacts local people with diabetes in remote communities and is involved in screening visits |
General practitioner grader | Receives fundal images, identifying and grading DR and suggesting appropriate management |
‘Buddy’ ophthalmologist | Provides support to the programme and follows-up screen-positive patients during visits to the region |
Key stakeholders | |
Visiting ophthalmologist | Provides visiting ophthalmology services to the region |
Optometrist | Provides visiting optometry services to three remote communities visited by the RODRS programme |
Director of the health district | Leader of health service coordination in the region |