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Federal Government Support and Implementation of Comprehensive Eye Exams for Kids!

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The extreme importance of healthy vision for children to their learning and development cannot be understated.  Now the federal government is fully supporting this notion as it begins to implement the pediatric essential health benefit, which was hard-fought and lobbied for by optometrists, students and AOA members across the country!  To think that previously, the …

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Pediatric Eye Exam Advocacy: Benefiting children and optometry

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With August being Children’s Vision and Learning Month and the passing of the torch from former AOA President Dr. Dori Carlson to Dr. Ron Hopping, I wanted to take the opportunity to look back at some important developments over this past year having to do with our profession and the children and adolescents we will …

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Examination of the Traumatic Brain Injury Patient

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Today’s article is written by Dr. Carl Garbus who is president of NORA. Antonio Chirumbolo, an OptometryStudents.com Team Member, met Dr. Garbus during an OS.com function and they are now working together to crank out some great information for optometry students. Keep a lookout for more insightful articles from Dr. Garbus in the near future! …

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AOA Recommends Child Eye Exam By 6 Months of Age

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By: Antonio Chirumbolo SUNY 2013 It is critical to bring your children in for an eye exam early in life. Early detection and intervention is imperative in preventing your children from developing permanent visual complications, and delayed learning and maturation. The American Optometric Association recommends children have their first eye exam at six months of …

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Changes to the NBEO PART III Clinical Skills Examination

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[poll id=”14″] Did you hear about the changes that will be occurring to the National Board Exam, beginning for the class of 2012? The Part III Clinical Skills Examination (CSE) will be taking place, NOT at your college of optometry but instead at a single testing site in Charlotte, North Carolina! Normally, the twice-yearly Part III …

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Summary Of The Optometry National Board Exam (NBEO)

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Today’s article serves the purpose of giving you a quick and general overview of the National Board Exams (NBEO). For more detailed information about the boards refer to future articles. ** Keep in mind, I took all of this information from www.Optometry.org and Newsletter – The OFFICIAL website for the NBEO. OptometryStudents.com is not affiliated or …

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AOA on Capitol Hill: A Student’s Call to Action

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Clay Fung SCCO at MBKU OD Candidate 26’  In an ever-evolving political landscape, legislative changes carry immense potential to better the lives of underserved populations. These changes dictate the ways in which we live, impacting fundamental aspects such as equity and accessibility. In the world of primary health, this translates to changes in access to care, …

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