DID YOU KNOW? The United States has incarcerated more people than any other country in the world. Currently, there are approximately 2 million inmates in state, federal and private prisons across the country. To put this into perspective, the United States holds 25 percent of the world’s prison population, but only 5 percent of the …
The Unconventional Optometrist: Eye Care Behind Bars Read More »
This year at the Illinois College of Optometry we celebrated the InfantSEE program with an evening of motivational speeches, songs, and food. I’m currently a 2nd year student there, and I wasn’t completely clear about the details of this program and the impact that it has. I learned a lot that evening, and would like …
The InfantSEE Program: Essential Info You Should Know! Read More »
Learning from your mistakes is a crucial step in improving yourself as a clinician. After providing regular patient care in the school clinic for a few months as a third year, I’ve seen and made some common mistakes. Here are the top 10 most common mistakes optometry students can make in clinic: Occluding one eye …
Whether you’re in a nice quiet exam room or a noisy cafeteria at a school screening, the chances are that your pediatrics patient is going to have the attention span of a small woodland creature. A few of the main concerns with a pediatric patient are to rule out strabismus, amblyopia, and other ambylogenic factors …
Direct Ophthalmoscope: The Ultimate Pediatric Screening Tool Read More »
Cover one of your eyes with your hand for about 5 minutes. At first, you may not even last the entire 5 minutes and give up covering that eye out of frustration and indifference, which is understandable! Now imagine at the age of 6 having no choice but to patch one of your eyes for …
Experience How Vision Therapy Changes Lives: Meet Jillian and Robin Benoit Read More »
Interviews are now being scheduled for the 2013 Vision Therapy Private Practice Residency at the Vision and Learning Center of Family Eyecare Associates, P.C. (Fair Lawn, NJ). The goal of this unique Southern College of Optometry residency program is to give graduate optometrists additional opportunities to expand their clinical knowledge and skills. Interested applicants should contact: Leonard …
Residency Opportunity: Vision and Learning Center of Family Eyecare Associates Read More »
Interviews and now being scheduled for the 2013 Vision Therapy Private Practice Residency in Bethesda and Annapolis, Maryland: The goal of this unique Southern College of Optometry Residency Program is to give graduate Optometrists additional opportunities to expand their clinical knowledge and skills. Description of Program: The program emphasizes the diagnosis and treatment of binocular …
SCO Residency Program: Vision Therapy Private Practice Read More »
For those of you who don’t know, the Optometric Extension Program (OEP) is the grandfather to organized optometric programs dedicated to post-graduate education on behavioral optometry and vision therapy. Over the years, it has transformed into an organization that not only conveys a message, but also produces the Journal of Behavioral Optometry, hosts many continuing education …
Optometric Extension Program (OEP) Here for Students! Read More »
June 2012 Optometry Student of the Month Name: Mallori Aschenbrenner School: SCCO Year: 2013 1. Congrats on winning Student of the Month! – Please tell us exactly why you won student of the month? I earned the highest score nationwide on NBEO part 1 (March 2012 administration) and subsequently received the Norman E. Wallis Award for Excellence …
Student of the Month June 2012 – Mallori Aschenbrenner; SCCO 2013 Read More »
What do you think of when you hear “strabismus?” Perhaps you think of eye turns like exotropia and esotropia or you may immediately think about surgery…. Well, when I think of strabismus I think “AHHH! What do I do ?! Okay, well maybe it isn’t a COMPLETE freak-out…. however there is a small part of …
