Dear Diary, Fourth year clinical rotations are the pinnacle of optometry school that all students are anxious for. It’s a time of freedom, learning, and exposure to parts of optometry you may never see in the school clinic. Or is it? My name is Lawrence Yu, and I’ve started my clinical rotations as a fourth …
The Rotations Experience: Lessons from the First Rotation Read More »
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 »
Here’s a fantastic collection of low vision articles full of insightful tips, clinical pearls and very useful info all-around from our Senior Low Vision Journalist and new grad Tyler Phan. Tyler (pictured bottom-right at AAO), a student from Western University College of Optometry, is now a Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation resident at SUNY. We’d like to thank …
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Some patients see glasses as a hot fashion accessory. They will fake their VA’s or exaggerate tests in order to ascertain them. Some will do anything to avoid them! Other patients have differing agendas for their exam and often think they’re smarter than we are. However, they don’t often know that we have objective testing …
The Rotations Experience Dear Diary, Fourth year clinical rotations are the pinnacle of optometry school that all students are anxious for. It’s a time of freedom, learning, and exposure to parts of optometry you may never see in the school clinic. Or is it? My name is Lawrence Yu, and I just started my clinical …
The Rotations Experience – SIR, YES, SIR June 6, 2014 Read More »
1) You get to the clinic 45 minutes early and can hardly sit still from being so excited. 2) You have already imagined how scary your new attending doc will be before you even arrive at the clinic… 3) You couldn’t get to sleep the night before because you were so nervous! 4) The front …
Age/Sex/Race 57 years old African American female Chief Complaint “I’m here for an annual eye examination. I have little blur at distance and near. Sometimes, my eyes itch and burn.” Medical History Hypertension, acid reflux, depression, mild heart attack and seasonal rhinitis Medications Aspirin, Amlodipine, Omeprazole, Lisinopril, Visine, Carvedelol and Aripiprazole Allergic to Ibuprofen Family …
Age/Sex/Race 52 year old African American male Chief Complaint “I am having trouble with distance so I think I need a new glasses prescription.” Denied having flashes, floaters, pain, itching or burning. Medical History Diabetes, hypertension, hepatitis C His blood sugar that morning was 87. Ocular History Negative Medications He didn’t have his medication list …
Hypertensive Retinopathy vs. Interferon Associated Retinopathy Read More »
This past January, I had the wonderful opportunity to conduct eye exams at the annual eye care clinic with VOSH-Connecticut in Nicaragua. Twenty-one optometry students from Berkeley Optometry joined a team of eight optometrists and 24 additional volunteers to serve the beach town of San Juan Del Sur and its neighboring communities. Over four days …
13 Things You Need to Know Before Going on a VOSH Trip Read More »
Age/Sex/Race 64 year old African American male Chief Complaint “My vision went completely black all the sudden in the right eye about two weeks ago, but it started coming back slowly. My vision is still blurry though.” Medical History Type II Diabetes Hypertension Chronic kidney disease Bell’s palsy Ocular History Hx of cataract surgery OU …
Vitreous Hemorrhage: “My vision went completely black” Read More »
