June 2012 Optometry Student of the Month Name: Mallori Aschenbrenner School: SCCO Year: 2013 1. Congrats on winning Student of the Month! – Please tell us exactly why you won student of the month? I earned the highest score nationwide on NBEO part 1 (March 2012 administration) and subsequently received the Norman E. Wallis Award for Excellence […]
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Two first-year students from the New England College of Optometry collaborated on a video project and took first place in the 2012 Envision Video Competition sponsored by the Assocation of Schools and Colleges of Optometry. Their creativity and dedication are evidence of the quality of candidates that the field of optometry attracts. Congratulations to Joey Kane and Dan
And The Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film Goes To… Read More »
Everyone knows the game of Tic-Tac-Toe. It is a game that you learned as a kid and one that you still play when you are on a plane, have some time to kill or (let’s be honest) are bored in class. Well did you ever think that such a simple game could be used in
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Today I bring a small contribution entitled: Dry eye disease and its implications on visual function. I am an Optometry Student at the Specialized University of Americas in Panama city, Central America. What is dry eye? According to the report of the Definition and Classification Subcomité of the International Dry Eye WorkShop in 2007: We can define this
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What do you think of when you hear “strabismus?” Perhaps you think of eye turns like exotropia and esotropia or you may immediately think about surgery…. Well, when I think of strabismus I think “AHHH! What do I do ?! Okay, well maybe it isn’t a COMPLETE freak-out…. however there is a small part of
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This article was created to educate students on the basics of degenerative myopia. But really there is something deeper here. The authors felt that patients with high myopia really rely on their optometrist at yearly eye exams and these patients want to feel confident in their OD. Patients with high myopia can have vision threatening
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The politics of the optometry profession, what goes on in the news and behind the scenes, have a huge influence on the way the profession can be practiced, this among many other things. We are lucky enough to have well organized and motivated advocates in the form of the AOA, practicing ODs and optometry students
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As I move forward through Optometry school, I am finding that many students (as well as faculty) have created this dichotomy within the profession: It is either ocular disease or vision rehabilitation. I challenge you to think outside of that… from the vision rehabilitation side, the options are endless. Here are just a few:
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I took my NBEO part one on March 20th and 21st, a 14 hour test that spanned 2 days, each day held two, 3.5 hour sessions. I started studying for the test in December, but only about one day per week for a few hours. By the time February came around I would study 3 of 7
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According to the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), in its second year, the Medicare Electronic-Prescribing (eRx) Incentive Program, has issued over 2 million dollars to optometrists in bonus payments. Each optometrist who qualified for payments during 2010 (around 936) received an average of $2,462.40, and incentive payments to optometrists ranged from $23,277.04
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