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School in Focus: Kentucky College of Optometry (KYCO) – A Little Campus With Big Opportunities
What is Kentucky College of Optometry (KYCO) and what does it have to offer? This time last year I had all of my schools lined up: I had done the research, created spreadsheets with program specifics, and began working on essays. It...
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Combining Humor and Optometry with “Optopoetry”
Optometry is no laughing matter. Or is it? In “Optopoetry: Poems and Drawings for the Eye Care Crowd,” Jonathan Jacesko, PCO class of 2017, has written a collection of humorous poems that every optometrist or optometry student can...
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ODs on Facebook: A Student’s Perspective
I joined the Facebook group “ODs on Facebook” soon after beginning my first year of optometry school. Social media is a great tool, so why not use it to learn more about clinical cases and see what doctors like to talk about regarding...
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Organization in Focus: Student Optometric Leadership Network (SOLutioN)
Inspiration: The theme of this year's SOLutioN conference. What is SOLutioN? Some say that it's a private practioner's Disneyland where anything is possible and imagination runs wild, others recognize it as a celebration for the future of...
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Politics in Optometry, an Inescapable Reality
Optometry is a legislated profession. Time and time again students here this phrase, but rarely are we given more information about what that actually means. It means that the entire scope of practice for optometrists is dependent on...
