It was all in celebration for the launch of the New OptometryStudents.com which launched nearly 2 weeks ago. This battle came down to two exquisit optometry students, Rae Huang of SUNY Optometry c/o 2013 and Daniel Sjolund of NECO c/o 2015. Both students were required to submit clinical pearls to the website; the student with […]
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As a collective group of students, we are motivated and excited about our future careers as ODs, and with great reason! The profession of Optometry grows in scope almost daily and our relationship in the United States with Ophthalmologists is harmonious. The dedicated ODs before us triumphed in their pursuits locally and Federally to give
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There are so many different medications used to treat Glaucoma it is often difficult to know which drugs to use first and which drugs to use if the first drug you pick doesn’t lower the patient’s IOP enough. So here are some clinical pearls to help you manage Glaucoma patients: First, define your target pressure. This is the IOP that
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I know what you’re thinking.  “Forensic Optometry? What???” That was my reaction too when I first heard about this field during my undergraduate years at the University of Waterloo (UW) followed by an overwhelming sense of excitement.  You see, I was and still am a little infatuated with forensic sciences. Television shows like CSI, Dexter,
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AOS court case threatens our physician status June 21, 2012 An Urgent Message from AOA President Dori Carlson, O.D. While most of the American Optometric Society (AOS) lawsuit against the American Board of Optometry (ABO) has been defeated even before going to trial, the lone remaining claim will damage the profession and disrupt AOA advocacy. The
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I recently was studying some common vision problems that occur in children and the signs and symptoms associated with these problems. I realized that as a profession, we can raise significant awareness about vision problems so long as we provide the right messaging to our patients. With that being said, I decided to create this brochure “10
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JUNE 20th 2012- OptometryStudents.com was created in 2009 by SUNY optometry student, Matthew Geller. Three years later we are excited to announce that we have completely re-designed this valuable website. In the previous version it was very difficult for other students to get involved with the website, to post their own articles and content. With
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1, 811 candidates took NBEO Part I Applied Basic Sciences. It was a student from Southern California College of Optometry (SCCO) Mallori B. Aschenbrenner, a fourth-year student, who earned highest honors. Mallori Aschenbrenner scored the highest in the country and subsequently has been named the recipient of the 2012 Dr. Norman E. Wallis Award for
The Optometry’s Meeting is an annual meeting consisting of a multitude of ophthalmic professions, all gathered together in one place, to educate, network with, and entertain one another. It is the utmost invaluable event for optometry and ophthalmic professions. The “Optometry’s Meeting® is a combined meeting, bringing together the annual meetings of the American Optometric
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As we consider our careers in optometry after graduation, one modality of practice that often gets overlooked is that within hospitals. The 2006 AOA scope of practice survey showed that 11% of ODs have hospital privileges. The question becomes what can you as the optometrist do in a hospital setting? There are various roles for
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