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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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Interview with Dr. Glen Steele: The Future of Optometry and InfantSEE

Articles, Healthcare, Involvement, Optometry School, Organized Optometry, Post-Optometry School / By / 10 minutes of reading

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 students? Dr. Glen Steele, OD, FCOVD, FAAO is the current chair of the AOA’s InfantSEE …

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Website for New Graduate Optometrists Has Launched – NewGradOptometry.com

Articles, Post-Optometry School / By / 3 minutes of reading

For Immediate Release Website for New Graduate Optometrists Has Launched Matthew Geller O.D., Founder of OptometryStudents.com Announces the Launch of NewGradOptometry.com The first of its kind, NewGradOptometry.com is the #1 online resource for newly graduated doctors of optometry. It features resources created by new graduates, for new graduates.   SAN DIEGO – March 25, 2014 – …

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Do It For The Money…Wait, What?

Articles, Post-Optometry School / By / 2 minutes of reading

When considering optometry as a possible career choice, many prospective OD’s find that it definitely isn’t the most lucrative of all the medical careers. So why do so many 4th year optometry students forget that and take the job offer that promises them the most money? Well, let me tell you, STUDENT LOANS!!!! As the …

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Think You’ll Be a Good Optometrist? 5 Things to Consider

Articles, Post-Optometry School / By / 8 minutes of reading

Why did we specifically choose optometry as our future professions, when there are so many other options out there? It’s so easy to get caught up in our daily routines that sometimes we forget why we became so passionate about this career path to begin with. Like a lot of people, I personally chose to pursue …

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Optometry Student to Successful Optometrist: Caring for Your Patients

Articles, Clinical Optometry, Post-Optometry School / By / 2 minutes of reading

In my interview with Dr. Chad Fleming OD, FAAO, Business and Career Coach at AOAExcel, he mentioned 3 key attributes that any optometry student must have if they want to become a successful optometrist: Communication Initiative Caring for patients When Dr. Fleming mentioned “caring for patients” as one of his 3 most important attributes an …

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VAs and Victory Laps: The Path to Becoming an Optometry Expert

Articles, Post-Optometry School, Residency / By / 3 minutes of reading

Every year, new ODs graduate from their respective schools and ask the same question: “What now?” Private, corporate, OD/MD, and hospital setting practices all provide different opportunities to practice the culmination of twenty-plus years of schooling. But what if there was a way to further your education in optometry and give yourself another year to …

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Private Practice Optometry: Can I Afford to Do a Residency?

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

Optometry school can be defined by some students as a four year long financial torture. Living off student loans is no easy feat, and the thought of extending the torture for another year of a residency program seems almost impossible! Many optometry schools encourage their students to continue their education by applying for residency in …

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You May Know All About Eyes…But What Do You Know About Student Loans?

Finance & Business, News, Optometry School, Organized Optometry, Post-Optometry School, Pre-Optometry School / By / 4 minutes of reading

 I have had the wonderful opportunity over the last 3 years to be a student ambassador at Southern College of Optometry. As a student ambassador at SCO I’ve had the opportunity give tours to students that are interviewed at the school. During these tours all prospective students get a presentation by our Director of Financial …

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The Burning Question for Optometry New Grads: Part-time or Full-time?

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

Sit back for a minute and picture yourself a few years from now, O.D. badge and all. By then we’ll no longer be clinicians in training, instead we’ll be practicing optometry in the real world for a living. Now imagine what kind of work environment you see your practicing in. Commercial or private? Bustling city or …

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Insight and Advice from a Young OD: Part II

Articles, Finance & Business, Optometry School, OptometryStudents.com, Post-Optometry School, Pre-Optometry School / By / 3 minutes of reading

(Read Part I here!) How did life change for you after you obtained your OD? Well I can tell you for sure that there is no more sleeping in till 11 am then waking up and going to classes. Real life is a real eye opener. You have bills to pay, student loans to pay …

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