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Pursuing Leadership Positions in Optometric Organizations – SVOSH

Involvement, News, Optometry School / By / 4 minutes of reading

This article is part two in a continuing series looking closely behind the scenes of optometry student organizations through the eyes of passionate and dedicated student leaders.  Kristen Kramlich, a second year student at University of Missouri-St. Louis and incoming President of Student Volunteer Services to Humanity (known as SVOSH or VOSH) shares some of […]

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Website for New Graduate Optometrists Has Launched – NewGradOptometry.com

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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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13 Things You Need to Know Before Going on a VOSH Trip

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This past January, I had the wonderful opportunity to conduct eye exams at the annual eye care clinic with VOSH-Connecticut in Nicaragua. Twenty-one optometry students from Berkeley Optometry joined a team of eight optometrists and 24 additional volunteers to serve the beach town of San Juan Del Sur and its neighboring communities. Over four days

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Horner’s Syndrome: Rare and Possibly Life Threatening Causes – Part 1: Overview

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Horner’s Syndrome/Bernard’s Syndrome – What Exactly Is It? Horner’s Syndrome is a rare syndrome that is based upon findings that are due to an alteration in the sympathetic neuro-pathway. Approximately 60% of  cases studied are from known causes and the other 40% are idiopathic 1.The main and most common characteristics of this syndrome are ptosis of

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February Student in Focus: Keylee Clemons Brown, IAUPR ’15

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Keylee Brown was born in Florida and raised in the small north Georgia mountain town of Dahlonega, “Home of the First Gold Rush.” She attended The University of North Georgia, one of our nations seven senior military institutions, as a non-military student.  It was there that she met her husband Dan, a veteran of Operation

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Attend SECO 2014 in Atlanta! Here’s Your Guide to this Engaging Conference

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With just a few easy steps, Click Here to Register for SECO 2014 With over 400 hours of continuing education this year and one of optometry’s largest and most innovative exhibit halls, there are countless reasons why SECO has provided optometric physicians and students with world-class continuing education since 1924 and is remarked as The Education Destination®. As

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January 2014 Student in Focus: PUCO Optometry’s Sheila Morrison

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Social life, academic success, and enough sleep: pick 2! As future optometrists, we’ve all enjoyed a laugh at this funny-but-true dilemma every busy student faces. PUCO Optometry  3rd-year student Sheila Morrison understands this better than most! A native of Red Deer, Alberta, Sheila has found a way to integrate her passion for research and her

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Think You’ll Be a Good Optometrist? 5 Things to Consider

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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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Quick Guide to Soft Contact Lens Jargon

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With all of the ambiguous terminology surrounding soft contact lens modalities and replacement schedules, it’s no wonder that patients get confused. But that doesn’t mean we have to be lost – especially when an attending doctor starts rattling off a bunch of contact lens jargon! In general, all of these terms follow common sense, but

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Why I Decided to Pursue Clinical Research and a Dual OD/MS Degree

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Starting with a Massachusetts State House Visit for a Children’s Vision Advocacy Day and ending with working on statistical analysis for an upcoming ARVO abstract, a week in the life as an OD/MS student at NECO can encompass a wide range of experiences! Although hectic at times, due to extra classes and the time commitment

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