December 2010

Summary Of The Optometry National Board Exam (NBEO)

Today’s article serves the purpose of giving you a quick and general overview of the National Board Exams (NBEO). For more detailed information about the boards refer to future articles. ** Keep in mind, I took all of this information from www.Optometry.org and Newsletter – The OFFICIAL website for the NBEO. OptometryStudents.com is not affiliated or …

Summary Of The Optometry National Board Exam (NBEO) Read More »

Scholarship Alert – Varilux® Student Grant – $1,000 + Optometry's Meeting

Scholarship Type: Varilux® Student Grant – Award Program Who: Optometry Students who have experience in the clinic’s dispensary. How Much: Students selected at each school will win $1,000 + entry into the national judging. Winner of the national award will get an all expense paid trip for two to Optometry’s Meeting in June 15-19, 2011 in …

Scholarship Alert – Varilux® Student Grant – $1,000 + Optometry's Meeting Read More »

Scholarship Alert – Transitions Optical Students of Vision Program – $1,000

Todays Scholarship Alert is… Scholarship Type: Transitions Optical Students of Vision Scholarship Program Who: Optometry Students who have experience in the clinic’s dispensary. How Much: Top category winners receive $1,000 – additional winners receive $500. Top five Opticianry students will also win a trip to the ABO-NCLE National Education Conference to be featured in the poster session. …

Scholarship Alert – Transitions Optical Students of Vision Program – $1,000 Read More »

Scholarship Alert – 2011 Dr. Seymour Galina Grant – $2,500

Welcome to a new feature here on OptometryStudents.com called “Scholarship Alert”. This feature will allow you to be alerted to scholarships that are available to Optometry Students. We all know that paying our way through school is perhaps the most difficult thing us students will face, so why not try to earn some scholarship money? …

Scholarship Alert – 2011 Dr. Seymour Galina Grant – $2,500 Read More »

Scholarship Alert – 2011 InfantSEE Grant – $5,000 & $2,500

Scholarship Type: OPTOMETRY CARES – The AOA Foundation – 2011 InfantSEE® Scholarship Grant Sponsored by Vision West, Inc. Who: 3rd Year Students How Much: $5,000 & $2,500 What To Do: Write a 1,000 word paper on “How will you, as a primary health care provider, use your professional skills and patient treatment programs to further the …

Scholarship Alert – 2011 InfantSEE Grant – $5,000 & $2,500 Read More »

My WesternU Clerkship Experience – Part I

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 …

My WesternU Clerkship Experience – Part I Read More »

First Year In Practice- Social Media and my electronic self: How will it affect my optometric career?

First Year In Practice Fridays- Part V of V By Dr. Paul Heeg Over the past five weeks I have had the privilege to discuss ways in which you may become better prepared in your optometric profession.  As a closing article, I would like us to do a little exercise, flashback to about 50 years …

First Year In Practice- Social Media and my electronic self: How will it affect my optometric career? Read More »

Scroll to Top