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Posted 06/02/2023
Optometry School, OptometryStudents.com, Study Resources / By Author: Easy Anyama

Amplify your optometry school experience and see what it means to get involved in our profession as the annual AOSA/AOA conference, Optometry’s Meeting, comes to the Music City, June 19-22, 2024. Optometry’s Meeting provides students a four-day, immersive experience in career development, clinical and practice management skill building, professional networking and advocacy alongside optometry’s leaders. …

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5 Skills 1st Year Students can Practice at a Vision Screening

Clinical Optometry, News, Optometry School / By / 3 minutes of reading

Last weekend I was able to volunteer at my first vision screening with the Salus Christian Fellowship at an event called Hope-4-Philly. After only being in optometry school at PCO for about a month, I was very excited to have this opportunity. I was able to practice some of the skills that I’ve learned so …

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Clinical Case Review: Complete Vision Loss OD Following a “Stroke”

Articles, Clinical Optometry, Retina / By / 5 minutes of reading

David Cartwright’s case has been selected for our Clinical Case of the Month! David is a 4th year optometry student at State University of New York College of Optometry. Here’s the case: Age/Sex/Race 78 yo white male Chief Complaint He complained of complete vision loss OD following a “stroke” that occurred 6 weeks prior. His …

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Annual Eye Exam Reveals a Macular Pathology

Clinical Optometry, News, Retina / By / 3 minutes of reading

Age/Sex/Race 60 year old Caucasian female Chief Complaint “Just here for an eye exam. It’s been almost a year. I see fine with current glasses.” Medical History Diabetes – last Hg A1c was 6.3 Hypertension Ocular History Retinitis pigmentosa OU Wears glasses for distance and near Medications Insulin, Lisinopril Allergic to Neomycin Family History Retinitis …

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100 Commonly Prescribed Drugs: A Clinical Pocket Reference

Articles, Clinical Optometry, Study Resources / By / 2 minutes of reading

There are many situations that can throw a wrench into your smooth eye exam flow, but encountering a patient with a long series of medications is definitely up there on the list of time sinks. Or, more commonly, your patient may only remember small bits of information about their medication – the pill color, the …

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Optometry Clinical Photo Database – by OptometryStudents.com

Articles, Clinical Optometry, OptometryStudents.com / By / 2 minutes of reading

Tuesday, September 17th 2013 OptometryStudents.com (OS) and its team of 25 optometry and pre-optometry students has officially launched the “Optometry Clinical Photo Database” aka OptometryCPD. The project is lead by the OS Director of Clinical Photography, Apoorva Jinka of SUNY College of Optometry. OptometryCPD seeks to be the top crowd-sourced clinical photo database, with contributions from students, optometrists, and optometry …

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Top 10 Things I Keep in My White Coat

Articles, Clinical Optometry, Optometry School / By / 4 minutes of reading

The white coat is a symbol of the medical professional and the responsibility to provide care for all patients. It also makes a really convenient repository for various goodies to help you through your eye exams! Here are the top 10 things that I keep in my white coat. Pretesting equipment To quickly get through …

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The Kiosk Bill And Your Future

Clinical Optometry, Finance & Business, Healthcare, Involvement, News, Organized Optometry, Post-Optometry School / By / 3 minutes of reading

In June, I had the wonderful opportunity to go to the Utah Optometric Association’s Annual Meeting and meet with some of the current and former officers of the UOA. These great ODs were willing to share with me what they went through when they learned about the kiosk bill in Utah legislation, and what they …

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The Doctor-Patient Relationship: Working with Patients of Different Cultures

Articles, Clinical Optometry / By / 3 minutes of reading

At the heart of New York City, the SUNY College of Optometry – University Eye Center welcomes many minority patients such as African Americans, Hispanics and Asians. As a member of SUNY’s Class of 2015, exposure to such a culturally diverse patient base is truly a blessing. As a physician, the optometrist needs to learn …

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