By: Matthew Geller – SUNY 2013 We all said it during our interviews for optometry school: “Optometry is a legislated profession, and that’s great because it gives me a say in the future of my profession and its direction.” Yet many of us don’t understand what this actually means. How can we take part in …
By: Antonio Chirumbolo – SUNY 2013 [poll id=”19″] WHAT IS OPTOMETRY’S MEETING? The Optometry’s Meeting is an annual meeting consisting of a multitude of ophthalmic professions, all gathered together in one place, to educate, network with, and entertain one another. It is the utmost invaluable event for optometry and ophthalmic professions. The “Optometry’s Meeting® is a …
Have you ever been to the Vision Expo? Well if you have not you really should think twice about going this year. [poll id=”18″] Dates: Vision Expo East – March 16 – 20, 2011, in New York City, NY. Vision Expo West – September 20 – 24, 2011, in Las Vegas, NV. Student Links: Vision …
Today is the first ever audio interview on OptometryStudents.com! With many more audio and video interviews planned we are very excited to kick off this new feature. The interview is with Dr. Mike Veliky, Secretary & Treasurer and Center Director of the Rochelle Park Office of OMNI Eye Services in New Jersey. Prior to working with …
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Hi, this is Matthew Geller, OptometryStudents.com Founder & Senior Editor and today I want to introduce our newest writer, Amand Tasripin from Pacific University. Amand is a talented guy with a good head on his shoulder’s and a whole lot of wisdom to share. Keep your eye out for Amand’s future articles because they will be powerful …
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Did you know that the president elect of the AOA is touring the entire country to visit all of the optometry schools to talk to us students? I didn’t know either until I got the tip from a friend that she was going to make her way to SUNY in the near future. This is …
By: Thai Nguyen Western University 2013 Student In this month’s article, I wanted to highlight some my clerkship experiences at WesternU College of Optometry. I’m a firm believer that true learning occurs outside of the classroom. At WesternU, I’ve had the privilege of rotating through four clerkship sites, and learning from preceptors in the areas …
First Year In Practice FRIDAY’S – Part 4 of 5 By: Dr. Paul Heeg [poll id=”12″] I can imagine most of you reading this right now thinking to yourself: “Why should I care about this just yet? I am just trying to survive optometry school! “ Well, I think you have good point but you …
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Welcome students to a brand new 5 article series by 2010 SUNY Graduate Dr. Paul Heeg! The article series will run for the next 5 weeks EVERY FRIDAY EVENING – so keep checking back for “First Year In Practice Friday’s” by Dr. Heeg. I was distant friends with Paul for about 4 years and I …
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I said it before and I will say it again… …the profession of optometry faces pressures from the federal government, state governments, other medical professions and from optometrists themselves and it is the American Optometric Association (AOA) that keeps our profession healthy, growing and moving in a positive direction. To sum it up, if you …
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