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BREAKING NEWS: Optometry Students and Optometrists Target of Hack
A security hack involving optometrists and optometry students has resulted in false Amazon Chase credit card applications and other forms of identity theft. Students and practicing doctors of optometry from schools across the country spanning across several decades have been affected. It is currently unclear what the source of the hack is. So far, the American Optometric …
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The Unconventional Optometrist: Eye Care Behind Bars
DID YOU KNOW? The United States has incarcerated more people than any other country in the world. Currently, there are approximately 2 million inmates in state, federal and private prisons across the country. To put this into perspective, the United States holds 25 percent of the world’s prison population, but only 5 percent of the …
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Lebron James: “If I Didn’t Play Basketball, I’d be an Optometrist”
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Optometrists Change Lives: 2014 Student and Resident Writing Competition
The Optometric Extension Program Foundation (OEPF) continuously strives to connect to optometry students and residents through education, scholarships and involvement with optometry schools everywhere. The OEPF is an international organization dedicated to the advancement of the discipline of optometry through the gathering and dissemination of information on vision and the visual process. They publish Optometry & Visual …
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Website for New Graduate Optometrists Has Launched – NewGradOptometry.com
For Immediate Release Website for New Graduate Optometrists Has Launched Matthew Geller O.D., Founder of OptometryStudents.com Announces the Launch of NewGradOptometry.com The first of its kind, NewGradOptometry.com is the #1 online resource for newly graduated doctors of optometry. It features resources created by new graduates, for new graduates. SAN DIEGO – March 25, 2014 – …
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Think You’ll Be a Good Optometrist? 5 Things to Consider
Why did we specifically choose optometry as our future professions, when there are so many other options out there? It’s so easy to get caught up in our daily routines that sometimes we forget why we became so passionate about this career path to begin with. Like a lot of people, I personally chose to pursue …
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Dr. M Rosenfield Interview Part 2: His View On Being An Optometrist
Dr Rosenfield is a professor at SUNY Optometry who teaches OTP (Optometric Theory and Procedures) I and II, taught during the fall and spring semesters of 1st year respectively. These courses lay the foundation for all classes as they cover refraction, accommodation, binocularity and other critical aspects of optometry. Dr Rosenfield not only teaches, but …
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Optometry Student to Successful Optometrist: Caring for Your Patients
In my interview with Dr. Chad Fleming OD, FAAO, Business and Career Coach at AOAExcel, he mentioned 3 key attributes that any optometry student must have if they want to become a successful optometrist: Communication Initiative Caring for patients When Dr. Fleming mentioned “caring for patients” as one of his 3 most important attributes an …
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Optometry Student to Successful Optometrist: Initiative, Part 2 of 3
During my interview with Dr. Chad Fleming OD, FAAO, he mentioned to me 3 attributes that any aspiring optometry student needs to develop in order to be a successful optometrist. The first attribute he mentioned was communication and how important it was to be able to express yourself to your professors, staff doctors, and …
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