November 2014

The Advantage of Dual-Admission and Dual-Degree Programs

Would you reduce your college student loans by 25% if you could? Would you like to be able to retire one year sooner? Now, we all know that the cost of college is constantly growing and that students are having to take out more loan money each year. Furthermore, recent grads from optometry school will …

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The Rotations Experience: Lessons from the First Rotation

Dear Diary, Fourth year clinical rotations are the pinnacle of optometry school that all students are anxious for. It’s a time of freedom, learning, and exposure to parts of optometry you may never see in the school clinic. Or is it? My name is Lawrence Yu, and I’ve started my clinical rotations as a fourth …

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Vision Expo West Video: Your Experience and Future

We’ve already written plenty of articles about why and how students benefit from attending trade shows and conferences, now we’d like to present to you video we shot on the exhibit hall floor at Vision Expo West, with optometrists, industry execs and company reps telling you how your experience at these conferences will benefit you …

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Conference Review: Clinical Vision Care (CCVC) AKA “The Memphis Meeting”

As the resident liaison for the Optometric Extension Program (OEP), I had the opportunity to attend the 20th anniversary of the Conference on Clinical Vision Care (CCVC) (also known as “The Memphis Meeting”) in Memphis this past July. The conference welcomes optometrists, students and residents who practice or have an interest in behavioral optometry, and the mission …

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