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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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My 2nd Year at Inter American University Puerto Rico School of Optometry

Articles, Involvement, Optometry School / By / 4 minutes of reading

As I begin my third year of optometry school at Inter American University School of Optometry in Puerto Rico, I would like to reflect on the wild ride that was second year! During second year the course work was much more challenging. In first year we learned all the basics; then in second year we …

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AOSA Recap of Events at Optometry’s Meeting 2013

Events, Involvement, Optometry School / By / 4 minutes of reading

If you weren’t able to make it out to Optometry’s Meeting in San Diego, or missed some speakers if you were there, this article offers a glimpse into a few of those speakers who were mainly directed towards optometry students. Hunter Chapman (AOSA SCO Trustee-Elect) recaps comedian Karyn Ruth White, while Keylee Brown (AOSA IAUPR …

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Optometry Student to Successful Optometrist: Initiative, Part 2 of 3

Finance & Business, Involvement, News, Optometry School, Post-Optometry School / By / 3 minutes of reading

  During my interview with Dr. Chad Fleming OD, FAAO, he mentioned to me 3 attributes that any aspiring optometry student needs to develop in order to be a successful optometrist. The first attribute he mentioned was communication and how important it was to be able to express yourself to your professors, staff doctors, and …

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AOSA Trustee Spotlight: Devin Sasser

Involvement, Optometry School, Organized Optometry / By / 5 minutes of reading

  OS:  Devin Sasser is a member of the American Optometric Student Association Board of Trustees.  Devin is now the Trustee for University of Missouri-St. Louis College of Optometry. Devin, tell us a little about yourself! DS: Hello everyone! It gives me great pleasure to bring you greetings from the Show-Me State! My name is …

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June 2013 Optometry Student in Focus, Tina Grosshans

Involvement, News / By / 7 minutes of reading

Entering her fourth year at Southern College of Optometry, Christina “Tina” Grosshans will undoubtedly excel in her final year of optometry school. She served SCO as president of SVOSH for the 2012-2013 academic year, which is how I came to know her, as we both just returned from our SVOSH trip to Belize last month. …

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12 Things Every First Year Optometry Student Should Know

Articles, Involvement, Optometry School / By / 4 minutes of reading

As graduation caps come flying off and summer heats up, many anxious pre-optometry students are also getting ready to take the next big step – the first year of optometry school. Nobody said it was going to be easy. This sentence will resonate volumes when those tough stretches of exams start coming around and are relentless …

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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

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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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