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Making Time for Mental Health
“Sometimes self care is exercise and eating right. Sometimes it’s spending time with loved ones or taking a nap. And sometimes it’s watching an entire season of TV in one weekend while you lounge in your pajamas. Whatever soothes...
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5 Tips to Tackle Optometry School Online
1. Keep your Routine Make a schedule and delegate a set starting time each morning. Try to follow your regular class schedule. If you’re typically in class from 9am-5pm, try your best to stick with that schedule reviewing lectures...
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Benefits of Working in a Private Practice as a Student
Working While in Optometry School A job outside of optometry school can be stressful. Working at a private practice takes time, energy, and focus away from studies while in school. Can it possibly be worth it? I talked with a few...
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The Makings of A Good Doctor
“One of the essential qualities of the clinician is interest in humanity, for the secret of the care of the patient is in caring for the patient.” - Frances W Peabody, The Care of the Patient, 1927. Why do we...
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Dear Future Doctor
A Note to First Year Optometry Students Dear Future Doctor, Congratulations on entering optometry school! You absolutely deserve it! You have worked so diligently and persistently for many years to get to where you are. Only...