Amman, 7th of December 2014
On Sunday 7th of December, the Vision Training Centre of the GJU received delegates from the Tempus Program to assess the progress of the project entitled Curriculum and Skill Development in Vision Rehabilitation which was initiated earlier this year. The aim of the visit was to assess operational areas of the project and to look at the outputs and achievements.
The visiting team included Mr. Philippe Ruffio, head of sector at EACEA (Brussels) and Dr. Ahmad Abu-El-Haija, director of the National Tempus Office (Jordan). Dr. Nathalie Bussières, coordinator of the project, as well as project participants from both GJU and the University of Jordan gave an overview of the activities and results. The visitors also had separate meetings with the administrative staff, trainers, trainees and students in order to assess their perceptions of the project and listen to their feedback.
Eight other institutions are involved in the project in Palestine, Hungary, the Netherlands and the UK. During the summer, various training courses took place in Jordan to provide students, lecturers and clinical instructors with the basic theoretical knowledge in vision rehabilitation. The next phase will focus on clinical training so that by the end of the project, more people in the Middle East will be able to provide basic vision rehabilitation services.