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Optometry Student in Focus November 2012: Ji Yun Lee of SUNY Optometry

Articles, Clinical Optometry, Involvement, Optometry School / By / 5 minutes of reading

Foreword by Matthew Geller; Founder of OptometryStudents.com This month’s winner of “Optometry Student in Focus” is Ji Yun Lee, a fourth-year student at SUNY State College of Optometry. Ji Yun was nominated by her colleagues and friends at SUNY Optometry because she has been committed to providing eye care to underserved communities in impoverished countries all over […]

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Formidable Presence of Optometry and the AOA in Washington

Healthcare, Involvement, News, Organized Optometry / By / 2 minutes of reading

Here’s an excellent example of the strength we have as a collective group of optometry students, OD’s, legislators and the American Optometric Association (AOA) as a whole.  As mentioned in a previous article, the AOA was listed as one of the top ten most influential lobbying groups in Washington D.C. (http://newsfromaoa.org/2012/07/13/survey-of-dc-insiders-places-aoa-on-lobbyings-top-10-list/)! This has been clearly

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Vision Expo Video Challenge – Place your votes!

Articles, Events, Involvement / By / 3 minutes of reading

Hey everyone! I just got word of the Vision Expo Video Challenge, a contest where optometry students created videos to show their experience at the International Vision Expo. You have got to check out some of these great videos and help your fellow students and optometry school by voting for their video. By voting, you

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Students are up for the World Sight Day Student Challenge!

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Press Release Denver, CO (September 25, 2012) – The World Sight Day Student Challenge is in full swing at Colleges of Optometry across North America. American Optometric Student Association (AOSA) Trustees and student representatives from the Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity (sVOSH) are taking the lead and planning events such as talent shows, bake sales

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5 Factors in Maintaining the Growth and Stability of Optometry

Healthcare, Involvement, News / By / 2 minutes of reading

I was reading a few interesting articles earlier this month that I wanted to share with you. The first was a message from. Ron Hopping, O.D., MPH, AOA president, after a trip he took to Washington, D.C.  I was particularly struck by what he listed as the important, core things that optometrists and their patients

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Positive Stories in Optometry News

Healthcare, Involvement, News, Organized Optometry / By / 2 minutes of reading

Hello everyone!  Hopefully all first year students, like me, are now getting used to their weekly exams and study schedules. I decided to bring you some positive news in optometry, resulting from the hard work of all those involved with pushing our profession forward and serving patients or anyone who may need eye care. I’ll

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Pediatric Eye Exam Advocacy: Benefiting children and optometry

Articles, Involvement, Organized Optometry / By / 2 minutes of reading

With August being Children’s Vision and Learning Month and the passing of the torch from former AOA President Dr. Dori Carlson to Dr. Ron Hopping, I wanted to take the opportunity to look back at some important developments over this past year having to do with our profession and the children and adolescents we will

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The Importance of Building Connections Prior to Optometry School

Articles, Involvement, Pre-Optometry School / By / 3 minutes of reading

It is undoubtedly important to succeed academically in undergraduate studies and in optometry school, but it’s also extremely important to begin networking as soon as possible.  My connections initiated from shadowing optometrists.  During one summer, I shadowed four optometrists in four different practices: three private practices and one MD/OD clinic.  In fact, one of the

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Message to Pre-Optometry Students and Incoming First Year Optometry Students

Articles, Involvement, Optometry School, OptometryStudents.com, Pre-Optometry School / By / 2 minutes of reading

I’m an incoming first year student in the class of 2016 at the Illinois College of Optometry.  This last weekend I had an amazing time at Optometry’s Meeting 2012 in Chicago!  I worked at the OptometryStudents.com booth in the exhibition hall on Saturday and had an incredible experience meeting and networking with enthusiastic optometry students,

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