By: Solita Jones c/o 2014 Hello Everyone! I’m a first year student at Nova Southeastern University College of Optometry, Class of 2014. I moved to Ft. Lauderdale, FL from a really small town(Pembroke) in NC with hope of returning to open my own private practice. At NSU in the Health Profession division, we have multiple […]
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Today’s article serves the purpose of giving you a quick and general overview of the National Board Exams (NBEO). For more detailed information about the boards refer to future articles. ** Keep in mind, I took all of this information from www.Optometry.org and Newsletter – The OFFICIAL website for the NBEO. OptometryStudents.com is not affiliated or
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Today we have an AMAZING article from OptometryStudents.com team member, Antonio Chirumbolo. I really have to give Antonio a round of applause for this article, a real 10/10 article packed with details that are useful for any first year optometry student attending ANY optometry school. He really stole the show with this article and it
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Distance PD is the distance between the pupils when viewing a distant target. Near PD is the distance between the pupils when viewing a near target. Near Centration Distance (CD) is the distance between the visual axes in a spectacle plane when viewing a near target. Near PD is actually impossible to measure unless you
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In Optometry School you are graded on your written exam’s and for assessments. The assessments take place in the lab (mock optometry exam room) and students are required to preform eye tests on staff or other students. So throughout the semester you are typically assessed on 1 procedure at a time, although final assessments may
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Hey everyone, I just wanted to let all of our readers know that things are really busy lately because it is midterm week and I have no time to write articles. Dale has been very consistent with his OAT articles which are turning out to be very potent and useful! I wanted to give everyone
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Optometry school is NOT easy, if you like a challenge then Optometry School is FOR YOU! It is not just classes and tests that you must focus your energy upon, but you must be hypersensitive to you financial situation, your commute to and from school, staying active with clubs/committees, networking yourself, and of course keeping
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