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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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The Unconventional Optometrist: Taking Optometry to a New Frontier

Articles, Post-Optometry School / By / 7 minutes of reading

Who said optometrists were boring people?  Dr. Garret Wada has certainly proven that notion wrong.  He was known as a bit of a “Trekkie” since before his days as a student at the Illinois College of Optometry back in the early 90’s, and has since turned his love for the iconic television series into a …

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Optometry Student SVOSH Trip to Belize

Articles, Involvement / By / 5 minutes of reading

After touching down in Belize on Sunday, we were greeted by two local Lions Club members who escorted us to our clinic. They accompanied us through customs while we were screened with our suspicious, black leather trial lens kits, BIO kits, and diagnostic kits. Oh, and let’s not forget the many questionable crates of glasses. …

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May 2013 – Students in Focus, Babette Laumeister and Simon Hauser

Articles, Involvement / By / 6 minutes of reading

If you think it’s hard to make sense of all the jargon in a physiological optics lecture, just imagine doing so as a brand new student in a whole new country! That’s what Babette Laumeister and Simon Hauser, two students from the optometry program at Aalen University, are currently doing at Pacific University in Forest …

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5 Ways to Improve Your LinkedIn Profile as an Optometry Student

Articles, Finance & Business, Optometry School / By / 3 minutes of reading

Networking in optometry school is crucial to finding success in the real world after graduation. During school, you meet many amazing people in the small world of optometry. How do you keep in touch with them? How can they stay updated on your progress through school? LinkedIn is the top social networking destination focused on …

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Two Different Perspectives on Taking a Year Off Before Optometry School

Articles, Pre-Optometry School / By / 9 minutes of reading

Nicholas Green (The Ohio State University Class of 2017) and I (Pennsylvania College of Optometry Class of 2017) both decided to take a year off between undergrad and optometry school. Below you will find our responses to 7 different questions about our unique experiences during our year off. AUTHOR PROFILES: Nicholas Green and Kristin Schwab …

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5 Things Optometry School SHOULD Teach You Before Going into Private Practice

Articles, Finance & Business, Post-Optometry School / By / 4 minutes of reading

During the first annual Private Practice Extravaganza “Eye Learn”, the Inter American University of Puerto Rico’s Private Practice Club presented students with speaker Justin Bazan O.D., owner of Park Slope Eye in Brooklyn New York, who gave several interesting suggestions and facts about his experience going into private practice. As most of us optometry students …

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The Guide to Shadowing an Optometrist

Articles, Involvement, Pre-Optometry School / By / 7 minutes of reading

As students prepare to trade their textbooks for a summer towel and head to the beach, take into consideration what shadowing can do for you. Once you have decided to apply for optometry school you’ll be more cautious of your grades in college, you’ll be preparing to take the OAT, and you would want to …

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