While I truly believe that optometry is my calling, sometimes I like to think that I have lived past lives doing other things. I love maps so I perhaps once was a cartographer, I love the court scenes in my fiction novels so I may have been a defense attorney, and I have always loved …
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November is coming to and end, and unfortunately that means so are many of the marvelous moustaches that have been nurtured and groomed daily. For many of our lady friends, December 1st is the happiest day of the year. However, for us men, it is tragic; we have become accustomed to our month-long relationship with …
How can we access the Internet with even greater ease than we already do? Can we further simplify the process of snapping photos, connecting with loved ones, and planning our daily activities? With the development of “smart glasses,” which function much like today’s Smartphone, the collective answer to the above questions is “yes”. It will …
Having spent only one week on optics in my undergraduate physics course, I was apprehensive to face the subject during my entire first year in optometry school. Shortly before our first lecture in our optics course, I received the syllabus. Actually, I studied the syllabus, as we had a quiz on it in our first …
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Interviews and now being scheduled for the 2013 Vision Therapy Private Practice Residency in Bethesda and Annapolis, Maryland: The goal of this unique Southern College of Optometry Residency Program is to give graduate Optometrists additional opportunities to expand their clinical knowledge and skills. Description of Program: The program emphasizes the diagnosis and treatment of binocular …
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I recently wrote about the presence of the AOA and optometry in Washington and how the organization and advocacy of those in and around the profession allow optometrists to practice the way they do today (such as defending the Harkin Law). As a student myself, I always urge students to be aware of these issues …
Foreword by Matthew Geller; Founder of OptometryStudents.com This month’s winner of “Optometry Student in Focus” is Ji Yun Lee, a fourth-year student at SUNY State College of Optometry. Ji Yun was nominated by her colleagues and friends at SUNY Optometry because she has been committed to providing eye care to underserved communities in impoverished countries all over …
Optometry Student in Focus November 2012: Ji Yun Lee of SUNY Optometry Read More »
Technology plays a major role in our society today. We can read our favorite book on our tablet, listen to music on our MP3 players, and even take classes online with the use of the Internet. These advances in technology are now even frequently used in the medical field. In 2009, Congress passed the Health …
The IDEA Initiative at SUNY Optometry asked me to participate in an interview that would ‘reveal’ the OAT. In other words, provide insight on what it consists of, and tips on how to perform well on it. I found this opportunity to be great because as a first year optometry student recently taking the OAT …
For those of you who don’t know, the Optometric Extension Program (OEP) is the grandfather to organized optometric programs dedicated to post-graduate education on behavioral optometry and vision therapy. Over the years, it has transformed into an organization that not only conveys a message, but also produces the Journal of Behavioral Optometry, hosts many continuing education …
Optometric Extension Program (OEP) Here for Students! Read More »
