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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Let me take you back about a year ago… It was early on a Monday morning and I was sitting in vision therapy lab learning the basics of the DEM test, eagerly taking down notes along with the rest of my classmates. I had my glasses on top of my head (I am a low …
Late in morning as I was walking through the graceful, long and rather quiet hallways of McCormick Place, mixed thoughts were passing through sleep-starved brain of mine. It was much more pleasant here then the hot Chicago rush hour cab rides but fear of being late and even worse reaching the wrong conference hall was …
Varilux Optometry Student Bowl 2012, From the Eyes of a SUNY Contestant Read More »
I am a big proponent of space exploration and I’ve always been interested in astronomy and everything you see in sci-fi movies. Â If I could, I would be an astronaut myself, but the closest I ever got was getting a telescope at age 9 and joining my alma mater’s Space Society. Â So, it was no …
The Unconventional Optometrist: Optometry in NASA Space Medicine Read More »
Board certification in optometry has been a hot topic on and off since the beginning of its’ inception back in 2009. This is definitely news to be well aware and informed of, as it could become a permanent fixture in the future of the profession. Board certification in optometry has had a somewhat controversial past …
Board Certification and the Profession of Optometry Read More »
What?! Have I lost my mind?! Well most optometrists would say that having an NPC of TTN is the ultimate convergence a patient can have; however I ask you to think differently. Ok. Let’s take a step back and start from the beginning. As part of your routine entrance tests you take out an accommodative …
Near Point of Convergence: To The Nose is Not All You Need to Know! Read More »
To see first hand the importance of vision care in a community who do not have easy access to these basic needs was one experience I shall never forget. With the help with the Lions Club and Miami Dade Vision Care program, I had a great opportunity to travel to the island of Jamaica, to provide …
I’m an incoming first year student in the class of 2016 at the Illinois College of Optometry. This last weekend I had an amazing time at Optometry’s Meeting 2012 in Chicago! I worked at the OptometryStudents.com booth in the exhibition hall on Saturday and had an incredible experience meeting and networking with enthusiastic optometry students, …
Message to Pre-Optometry Students and Incoming First Year Optometry Students Read More »
As a collective group of students, we are motivated and excited about our future careers as ODs, and with great reason! The profession of Optometry grows in scope almost daily and our relationship in the United States with Ophthalmologists is harmonious. The dedicated ODs before us triumphed in their pursuits locally and Federally to give …
Optometry in Puerto Rico: The Desire for Equality Read More »
Everyone knows the game of Tic-Tac-Toe. It is a game that you learned as a kid and one that you still play when you are on a plane, have some time to kill or (let’s be honest) are bored in class. Well did you ever think that such a simple game could be used in …
There are so many different medications used to treat Glaucoma it is often difficult to know which drugs to use first and which drugs to use if the first drug you pick doesn’t lower the patient’s IOP enough. So here are some clinical pearls to help you manage Glaucoma patients: First, define your target pressure. This is the IOP that …
