Have you ever thought of going into private practice, got all excited about it, and then five minutes later just felt upset, drowned by your own questions and worries? Lots of us optometry students want to pursue private practice but often we just spin our wheels when it comes to formulating some sort of logical […]
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By: Kensington Hatcher – Illinois College of Optometry Today’s article is brought to you by the 1st year students of Illinois College of Optometry! These students reached out to OptometryStudents.com to post an extremely creative video series that is unlike anything ever seen before in the world of Optometry. These videos are perfect for any
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By: Solita Jones c/o 2014 Hello Everyone! I’m a first year student at Nova Southeastern University College of Optometry, Class of 2014. I moved to Ft. Lauderdale, FL from a really small town(Pembroke) in NC with hope of returning to open my own private practice. At NSU in the Health Profession division, we have multiple
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Hi, this is Matthew Geller, OptometryStudents.com Founder & Senior Editor and today I want to introduce our newest writer, Amand Tasripin from Pacific University. Amand is a talented guy with a good head on his shoulder’s and a whole lot of wisdom to share. Keep your eye out for Amand’s future articles because they will be powerful
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By: Thai Nguyen Western University 2013 Student In this month’s article, I wanted to highlight some my clerkship experiences at WesternU College of Optometry. I’m a firm believer that true learning occurs outside of the classroom. At WesternU, I’ve had the privilege of rotating through four clerkship sites, and learning from preceptors in the areas
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“How My Mullet Got Me Through Optometry School” Dr. Keith graduated from UAB optometry school and did a residency in Geriatric Primary Care and Low Vision Rehabilitation at the Birmingham VAMC in 2009, and he is currently getting his masters in Vision Science. Dr.Keith’s current research is working to determine if virtual reality is an
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The purpose of this article is to review the first year of optometry school in such a way that will give insight and offer a hand to optometry students entering their first year of optometry school. I am going to explore the quality of life in optometry school during the first year and I will
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Today we have an AMAZING article from OptometryStudents.com team member, Antonio Chirumbolo. I really have to give Antonio a round of applause for this article, a real 10/10 article packed with details that are useful for any first year optometry student attending ANY optometry school. He really stole the show with this article and it
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Lensometry What is lensometry? A lensometer measures vergence and prism power amongst other aspects of a lens. If a patient presents a pair of spectacles to you and does not know the Rx of the lenses, a lensometer will enable you to determine the sphere, cylinder, axis, and prism present in each lens. It can
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Update 06-13-17: Check out our refreshed Ret article on how to “Step Up Your Retinoscopy Skills” This is a ‘How-To’ article for retinoscopy and it is especially useful for first-year optometry students. For pre-optometry students or optometry who are unfamiliar with the technique please check out the link to the simulator at the
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