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By: Matthew Geller SUNY Optometry 2013Â I stumbled upon a video today of your AOA President, Dr. Dori Carlson describing her recent visit to the White House on November 18th 2011. Her visit had a strong purpose; to deliver a pro-access, pro-patient message to those on Capitol Hill. I really encourage every student to read […]
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By: Matthew Geller | OptometryStudents.com Founder & Senior Editor Everyone in the optometric profession- ODs and students alike – is anxious to know how the opening of new optometry schools will affect our future. With a spectrum of opinions on the issue, some are confident that the profession will benefit from more schools, while others
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By: Dr. O. A. Negrón The U.S. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is the last and only jurisdiction of the United States of America where licensed Doctors of Optometry are not allowed to use therapeutic pharmaceutical agents for the treatment of ocular health conditions in their patients. Imagine yourself graduating from Optometry School and passing all parts
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By: Danielle Kalberer SUNY 2014 From July 29-31, 2011 I was part of a group of 40 optometrists and students of optometry representing the American Optometric Association Sports Vision Section who performed free vision evaluations for athletes competing in the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) Junior Olympics in New Orleans, LA. The goal of the
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NYSOA teams up with advisory group of health to put brakes on new policy allowing drivers to renew license without vision assessment in New York. By: Antonio Chirumbolo SUNY 2013 On September 26th 2011, the New York sate DMV implement a new policy (click here for NYS press release) that would eliminate the requirement for
NYSOA Helps To Shut Down New Drivers License Policy Read More »
A compass is an invaluable tool for travelers. As students begin their journey through optometry school, perhaps a compass could similarly be a useful a tool to keep us on track, guide and direct us. The AOA has now provided students with that tool. The AOA Compass is the ultimate optometry student guide, providing a
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By: Clint Sugnet SUNY 2013 So you’re in optometry school. You’re juggling didactic material with clinical skills, textbooks and retinoscopes, all while managing life skills, and in the spare time, a social life. You’re trying to make your way through school to become the best clinician possible, reading the latest and greatest in optometric journals
InfantSEE – From an Optometry Student's Point of View Read More »
Want a valuable news resource that not many students know about? Well, recently I stumbled on a great quarterly newsletter called the “Eyes On The Future” (ETOF) – its actually an AOA publication but I found it to be really valuable. As students we are pretty busy studying and busting our butts in clinic during 10 hour
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This article was written by the best and brightest optometry students out there in our profession. The OptometryStudents.com team was responsible for crafting this article that is more of a collage of different views crafted into one masterpiece of student perspective. As senior editor of OptometryStudents.com, I tip my hat to the writers of this article who
Optometry’s Meeting 2011 – What an experience! Read More »
By: Quy Nguyen SUNY Optometry 2013 Check out this video on the summit! For some time, the New York State Optometric Association (NYSOA) has tried to increase the level of involvement of students graduating from optometry school into organized optometry. There seemed to be a lack of understanding among students as to what the link
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