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Two Different Perspectives on Taking a Year Off Before Optometry School

Articles, Pre-Optometry School / By / 9 minutes of reading

Nicholas Green (The Ohio State University Class of 2017) and I (Pennsylvania College of Optometry Class of 2017) both decided to take a year off between undergrad and optometry school. Below you will find our responses to 7 different questions about our unique experiences during our year off. AUTHOR PROFILES: Nicholas Green and Kristin Schwab […]

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

Articles, Finance & Business, Post-Optometry School / By / 4 minutes of reading

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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6 Things Vision Expo East Taught Me About Buying My Own Practice

Articles, Finance & Business, Post-Optometry School / By / 4 minutes of reading

Vision Expo East was an eye-opener for me as an optometry student mainly because I was exposed to so many opportunities in the industry at one time and in one place! Not only was it an opportunity to meet new colleagues and check out thousands of new products on the market, it was the best

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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

Healthcare, Involvement, News, Organized Optometry / By / 4 minutes of reading

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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Tips on Performing an Eye Exam on Patients with Autism

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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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Presentation on Pediatric Vision Health at SUNY on April 26th 2013

News, Optometry School / By / 3 minutes of reading

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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April 2013 Optometry Student in Focus

Articles, Optometry School / By / 5 minutes of reading

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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Experience How Vision Therapy Changes Lives: Meet Jillian and Robin Benoit

Articles, Optometry School / By / 3 minutes of reading

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

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Sign this Petition to Help Optometry and Our Patients

Events, Healthcare, Involvement, News, Organized Optometry / By / 2 minutes of reading

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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How to Effectively Communicate Diagnoses to Patients: In Layman’s Terms

Articles, Clinical Optometry / By / 7 minutes of reading

“Unless you’ve got an optical engineer in your exam chair, reciting names of Zernike polynomials as possible explanations for a patient’s night-time blur is gonna get you nowhere.” After several years of practice and several thousand patients, you’ll definitely get the hang of how to explain things in an efficient manner so that your patients

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