Healthcare

Considering a career as an optometrist in the state of North Carolina? Below is a quick reference guide to becoming an optometrist in North Carolina as well as the current scope of practice. How to become an optometrist in North...

by Jessie Fawer, UABSO Class of 2016 While optometry students across the nation are given opportunities to provide vision screenings to the underserved in their communities, UABSO students are experiencing a unique partnership with...

Curious about what the future of pediatric optometry may look like? Curious to hear what the chair of the InfantSEE program thinks of the future of optometry? Want some advice from a leader in optometry on how to succeed as optometry...

As a new year begins, I like to look back on the past year and think about all of the experiences I had and how they have affected me.  Here is a short list of some of the optometry news that affected optometry students and the optometric...

Approximately 45 million people in the world are blind, 80% of whom could be cured given proper eye care. In 1976, Dr. Venkataswamy opened an eleven-bed eye clinic in southern India with the mission to eliminate this staggering...