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5 Things Optometry School SHOULD Teach You Before Going into Private Practice

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During the first annual Private Practice Extravaganza “Eye Learn”, the Inter American University of Puerto Rico’s Private Practice Club presented students with speaker Justin Bazan O.D., owner of Park Slope Eye in Brooklyn New York, who gave several interesting suggestions and facts about his experience going into private practice. As most of us optometry students […]

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New Florida Oral Med Prescribing Law: Providing Better Patient Care – an Interview with Dr. Dave Rouse, OD, President of the Florida Optometric Association

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I recently had the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Dave Rouse, OD, President of the Florida Optometric Association, past Optometrist of the Year and Illinois College of Optometry graduate, who currently practices in Weston, FL. He played an integral part (along with many students, optometrists, advocates and legislators across Florida) in the new law passed

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Live from Memphis, It’s SCO Student Bowl 2013

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What do the Memphis Blues, travel grants, and Tobradex all have in common? It must be Student Bowl 2013 at Southern College of Optometry (SCO)! Southern College of Optometry’s chapter of the American Optometric Student Association (AOSA) hosted the evening, which featured 10 of the college’s brightest students from the first, second, and third-year classes.

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April 2013 Optometry Student in Focus

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Naomi Chun is a first year at NOVA Southeastern University College of Optometry. Her current claim to fame comes from a creative comedy Tumblr blog, http://eyeseeyouoptometry.tumblr.com, that shines a humorous light on moments in an optometry student’s life. She was born and raised in Charlotte, NC and attended college at the University of North Carolina at

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Optometry Student to Successful Optometrist: Dr. Chad Fleming OD, FAAO, Business and Career Coach at AOA Excel, tells us how.

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 I recently had the opportunity to speak with Dr. Chad Fleming about how an optometry student might prepare himself/herself to be a successful optometrist. Dr. Fleming is an accomplished optometrist practicing in Wichita, Kansas where he manages patient care, as well as the business aspect of his practice. When Dr. Fleming isn’t dedicating his time

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What to Expect in the Year Preceding Optometry School: Eyeing the Future – Part 2

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The winter months in the year preceding optometry school can be an exciting time for many students. By this time, many optometry school applicants have completed their applications and have already gone through the stressful interview process. Now they are faced with the very difficult decision of selecting which school they will attend for the

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Interview with Dr. Pal: A Private Practice Optometrist Specializing in Contact Lenses

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OptometryStudents.com had the pleasure of talking with Dr. Pal of Toronto, ON following a presentation on toric soft contact lenses at PCO. Dr. Pal is a graduate of SCCO. Upon graduation Dr. Pal completed a residency at the Northeastern State University Oklahoma College of Optometry in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Dr. Pal has taught at both NSUOCO

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An Evening With The EΨE Optometric Fraternity and a Look Into Ohio State College of Optometry

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After going through four different interviews, I did not think this experience was going to be any different. The other schools had offered the usual amenities of any interview day: a tour of campus, meetings with students and faculty, and of course free food! The only difference was this time I was staying at the

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Sign this Petition to Help Optometry and Our Patients

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By signing this petition you will… Help provide eye care to under-served areas Provide optometry students relief from the burden of loan repayment Give optometry the same benefits that are already provided to other health care professions I’m sure some of you have seen this petition going around about allowing ODs to participated in the National Health Service Corps

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