The optometry student’s brain is a funny thing. Sometimes, I only need to hear something once, and it is ingrained in me forever. More often than not, however, I find myself sheepishly looking over my shoulder during the middle of lecture as I punch the same things into Google over and over again. The professor […]
Ocular Diagnosis I Always Have to Google Read More »
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I’ve Had a Constant Blur in My Right Eye for 6 Years Read More »
Monday morning you walk into clinic and find that your first patient is an eight-year-old boy with autism. Don’t worry if your first inclination is to panic and hope that your preceptor handles the bulk of the exam. The number one thing to remember is to BE FLEXIBLE. There are certain visual deficits that optometrists
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Before getting into the myths and facts of low vision, let’s define some terms that are often confused in this area of specialty. • Visual impairment: According to the American Optometric Association, visual impairment is a functional limitation of the eye(s) or visual system & can manifest as reduced visual acuity or contrast sensitivity, visual
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SUNY Optometry and the University Eye Center, in partnership with InfantSEE® and the Allergan Foundation, will host a presentation on pediatric vision health by Dr. Glenn Steele and a performance by Tom Sullivan on April 26th, 2013 at the SUNY School of Optometry:  This event is designed as a platform to not only spread the
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Each of the 23 optometry schools has an AOSA Trustee and a Trustee-Elect making up the Board of Trustees (BoT), along with an executive council consisting of a President, Vice President, Treasurer, and Secretary. We have 2 board meetings a year, one in January in St. Louis and one at Optometry’s Meeting in June. At
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Cover one of your eyes with your hand for about 5 minutes. At first, you may not even last the entire 5 minutes and give up covering that eye out of frustration and indifference, which is understandable! Now imagine at the age of 6 having no choice but to patch one of your eyes for
Experience How Vision Therapy Changes Lives: Meet Jillian and Robin Benoit Read More »
Introduction This month I am combining two cases of anterior uveitis as both of them pointed to an association to a systemic disease. The first patient was seen by me. The second patient was seen at a community health center, where I followed a fourth year student. Age/Sex/Race 42 year old Caucasian female Chief Complaint “My
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Last week we held a fun contest at Vision Expo East. Students had to tag OptometryStudents.com on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook using #OSvisionexpo or @optstudents. We were lucky enough to have over 83 instagram photos tagged with #OSvisionexpo! Make sure you check them out when you get a chance. You can also follow the
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Thanks to everyone who participated in our social media contest! We’re sorry for the confusion as to why some of your pictures aren’t posting to the hashtag search #OSvisionexpo, but we found out why! It is because your twitter and/or Instagram accounts needed to be set as “public” in order for the hashtag to show
