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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In our annual feature of the Varilux Student Bowl contestants, OptometryStudents.com introduces the students competing in this year’s contest at Optometry’s Meeting in Seattle. Which contestant is a two-time Philippine Grammy Winner? Who played in a volleyball game for a world-record 68 consecutive hours? Check out all the contestants below (click to enlarge): *Some contestants could …
“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” “The eyes are the windows to the soul.” How many expressions do you know that equate eyes with youth and beauty? As a primary focal point on our faces, we are always trying to keep ourselves looking fresh and young. And as a larger proportion of our …
Counseling Patients on Ocular Cosmetic Procedures Read More »
First off, congratulations! This is a big achievement. You’ve made it through the roller coaster of studying for and taking the OAT, applying and the interview process. You’re well on your way to being an optometrist, and you are to be commended for your achievements thus far! So now what? Here are some things to …
I was always curious as to why so many optometrists have Master of Public Health (MPH) degrees. I used to wonder, what does public health have to do with optometry? I’ve come to learn that the answer is probably more obvious than you may think… I’m sure every optometry student has engaged in the following …
Interested in Public Health? 4 Ways to Get Involved as Optometry Students Read More »
If we all expected to have life figured out at 23, then a good deal of us would be stuck with some serious life choices that we all regret. Partners that were terrible, living in the wrong city, and careers that were wrong (for some of us). Just look around your class and count the …
Let’s start with a little history lesson to set the stage… In 1895, Charles F. Prentice was the very first optometrist to charge money for an eye exam. Dr. Prentice then went on to form a group of optometrists that is now known as the American Optometric Association. The AOA’s first major legal case took place …
A Wide Scope of Practice for Optometry in Indiana Read More »
I remember that in middle school we learned the School House Rock song “I’m Just a Bill” which illustrated how a bill gets passed through Congress. I finally got to see much of the process in action, minus a talking and singing paper bill! The first part of the Congressional Advocacy Conference (CAC) consisted of education on …
My Weekend as an “Optocrat” at Congressional Advocacy Conference 2015 Read More »
Many of you may have been to Optometry’s Meeting, AAO, or Vision Expo, but have you been to the most important conference of them all? The one that directly impacts your future, what you’ll be able to do in the exam room, and the access to care that your patients have? Students from all over …
Protect and Grow YOUR Profession: Congressional Advocacy Conference 2015 Read More »
Vision Expo East 2015 is here!! Our OptometryStudents.com team is there right now, checking out all the new technology, frame lines, Continuing Education classes and hanging out at the parties and events! Come find us for a chance to win an iPad Mini, one of the two adorable plush eyeballs that we’re giving away, or …
