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Happy New Year 2019! Whether you are kicking off a new semester or beginning your final rotation (last semester, fourth year students!), the start of the new year gives a chance for reflection. As 2019 gets started, we wanted to share our...

Pre-Requisite Classes: Why They Matter I got my undergraduate degree at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (Go Mocs!) and graduated in 2014 with a BS in Biology before starting optometry school in 2015. Before optometry...

Life Hacks for Optometry Students Rachel Bryant is a member of the class of 2021 at Pacific University College of Optometry, and is a new member of the OptometryStudents.com team. This is her first article for the site. Here are some...

Dry eye is constantly in the news and the way we treat it is always changing. We wanted to give you something that would help keep track of some of the prescription drugs, over the counter drugs, and artificial tears that you will commonly...

Have you ever been in clinic and suddenly lost the simplest of knowledge, like what the cap colors of certain drugs represent? Well fear no more! We have created a very simplified chart of some of the most commonly prescribed drugs and...