Nashua Naicker

Education professional with strong history of developing impactful educational strategies and fostering academic excellence. Adept at curriculum development and delivering engaging lectures that inspire student success. Known for collaborative teamwork and flexibility in adapting to dynamic educational environments, ensuring continuous improvement and achievement.

• 2025 Convergence in sufficiency: principles of management and Vision Therapy South African Optometric Association (SAOA) Optometrists, orthoptics, vision therapists
• 2023 Research in Practice: How to write a research proposal South African Optometric Association (SAOA) Health professionals
• 2022 Binocular Vision: Strabismic Examination (Complex) SAOA Optometrists
• 2020 Approaching as asymptomatic strabismic patient Blue Konnect Optometrists
• 2017 Binocular Instability (Complex case examination) SAOA Optometrists

• 2024 Task team member Establishing a guideline for Postgraduate Supervision at FoHS Faculty Education and Quality Assurance Committee (FEQA) - FoHS
• 2024 Task team member Setting up of Board exams for foreign qualified optometrists Professional Board of Optometry and Dispensing Opticians (PBODO) - HPCSA
• 2024 Independent Reviewer Evaluating the quality, impact and standing of the research portfolio towards NRF Rating for a candidate National Research Foundation (NRF) - SA
• 2021 - 2024 Chair – Learning and Teaching Committee Strategic planning and Quality assurance in education SoHRS
• 2016-2020 Board member – professional Board of Optometry and Dispensing Opticians Regulation of Professional practice and education and training of Optometrist in SA Health Professionals Council of South Africa (HPCSA)
• 2013 – 2020 Programme Coordinator Management of operational functions at the Department of Optometry Department of Optometry - FoHS
• 2020 Task team member Established COVID19 Optometry Clinical Infection control guideline for student training Inter-institutional collaboration (UJ, UFS, UL, CPUT, UKZN)
• 2019 Evaluation Panel member Restructuring and constructive alignment of the B. Optometry Programme PBODO

Postgraduate Lecturing profile for PGDip. HPE and MHPE (Coursework)

• 2025-present Introduction to Health Professions Education PGDip HPE < 1 year
• 2025-present Introduction to Health Professions Education MHPE < 1 year

• PERIOD - ROLE ACTIVITY - QUALIFICATION - INSTITUTION
• 2005 - 2024 Supervisor /study leader B. Optometry undergraduate research supervision
• 2017 - 2020 Main Supervisor Full Thesis M. Optom - UFS
• 2021 – 2023 Main Supervisor Thesis – Article format M. Optom - UFS
• 2022 – present Main Supervisor Thesis – Article format M. Optom - UFS
• 2023 - 2025 Co- Supervisor Thesis – Article format M. HPE - UFS
• 2025 - Present Main Supervisor Thesis – Article format M. HPE -UFS
• 2025 - Present Main Supervisor Full Thesis M. HPE - UFS

• Assessor of Postgraduate Research
• 2014 External Examiner Marking of Mini-dissertation M.PH (UKZN)
• 2017 Internal Examiner Marking of Mini-dissertation M. Optom (UFS)
• 2020 Internal Examiner Marking of full dissertation M. Optom (UFS)
• 2021 Internal Examiner Marking of full dissertation M. Optom (UFS)
• 2021 External Examiner Marking of full dissertation M. Optom (UKZN)
• 2022 External Examiner Marking of full dissertation M. Optom (UKZN)
• 2025 External Examiner Marking of Full dissertation M. Optom (UL)
• 2025 External Examiner Marking of Thesis PhD Optometry (UKZN)

• ORCID NO.: 0000-0001-9226-7797
• 2023 Sole Author Journal of Education for the Gifted Young Scientist (JEGYS) http://dx.doi.org/10.17478/jegys.1279540 International
• 2024 Main Author African Vision and Eye Health (AVEH) https://doi.org/10.4102/aveh.v83i1.910 Local
• 2024 Co-author African Journal of Career Development https://doi.org/10.4102/ajcd.v6i2.132 Local

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

• 2024 South Africa South African Optometric Association (SAOA) - Centennial Conference Charting a new direction towards postgraduate programme development in Optometry Speaker
• 2019 South Africa SAOA National Conference A, B Cs of a Strabismic Work up Workshop Co-presenter
• 2019 South Africa NEU-CONTACT Mini-conference Binocular Vision and Therapy Workshop Presenter
• 2017 India World Council of Optometry – 2nd World Congress of Optometry Clinical Evaluation of Non-Concomitant Ocular Motor Anomalies in Resource-Limited Settings: A Systematic Approach Workshop presenter
• 2017 South Africa (International) Optometry research and Education in Africa (OREA) Bachelor of Optometry programme at the UFS Poster
• 2016 South Africa Ophthalmological Society of South Africa (OSSA) Basic Assessment of Inconcomitant Deviations Speaker
• 2015 Colombia World Council of Optometry – first World Congress An Investigation of saccadic eye movement abnormalities in children with HIV/AIDS on Highly Active Anti-retroviral Therapy Speaker
• 2006 South Africa South African Optometric Association - Vision Conference 2006 Setting up eye care services in the Eastern Free State Speaker (co-Presenter)

• Ansunel, De La Ray, Programme Coordinator: Department of Optometry, Ansuneld@uj.ac.za, 011 5596369, 0828521961, University of Johannesburg, Faculty of Health Sciences
• Yurisa, Naidoo, Chairperson: Professional Board of Optometry and Dispensing Opticians, Naidoo.yurisa@hpcsa.co.za, Yurisa@mweb.co.za, 0837774193, Health Professionals Council of South Africa (HPCSA)
• Vanessa, Moodley, Associate Professor: Discipline of Optometry, Moodleyvr@ukzn.ac.za, University of Kwazulu Natal, Faculty of Health Sciences