After observing the fourth year students in clinic (white coats pressed and 20 minute exams including DFE), the first thought that comes to your mind is, “Wow, I want to be just like that when I grow up!” They look, speak and walk as an optometrist should; and it can be intimidating. Don’t forget, they …
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JUNE 20th 2012- OptometryStudents.com was created in 2009 by SUNY optometry student, Matthew Geller. Three years later we are excited to announce that we have completely re-designed this valuable website. In the previous version it was very difficult for other students to get involved with the website, to post their own articles and content. With …
Name: Ting Zhang School: New England College of Optometry Grad Year: 2015 Congrats on winning Student of the Month! – Please tell us exactly why you won student of the month? Beginning of the school year, our school held a welcome back barbecue, and different student clubs set up booths to recruit new members. …
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Student Debt… The bottom line: What to know and what to do. Part 2 of 5 of First Year In Practice Friday’s By Dr. Paul Heeg Well, if you are like anything like me and most optometry students, your schooling is expensive and is your responsibility. How will that affect you? Well, you will have …
What’s up readers, fans and fellow students!? Today we have a guest article from Angelica Delgado, a SALUS 2014 Optometry Student who went above and beyond to learn more about optometry and to get herself involved in the profession. Her story is both inspiring and informative and it is students like her who will go …
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The summers of 2007 and 2008 come with blazing temperatures, yet I find myself sheltered in the air conditioned walls of Optix Family Eyecare Center, a private practice on Long Island operated by O.D Joel Kestenbaum who graduated from the New England College of Optometry. I sit in the dimly lit pre-test room behind the …
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This is the story of Matt Geller, the creator of OptometryStudents.com and his journey to becoming an Optometrist. I am woken by the sun shining through my dorm room window at SUNY Albany. Crawling out of bed, I rub my eyes and bring my day into focus. It is the fall semester of my sophomore …
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The Journey from a Pre-Optometry Student to an Optometry Student By: Matt Geller When a student has an idea that Optometry is the career they would like to pursue, were do they go from here? The subject certainly lacks information which in its own right is a positive thing, forcing students to be creative, to …
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1. BE CREATIVE- Overall, any creative and unique way of studying will work. If you want to study with your pet dog go ahead! Feel like going on your roof or studying in the swimming pool? – thats cool! (be careful on the roof) – Be creative in any way possible. The more creative …
Throughout the four years of optometry school, students spend time learning about clinical skills and patient care, all in the hopes of becoming a successful doctor after graduation. As health care professionals, we define success as being able to treat patients to the best of your abilities. I mean, isn’t that the reason we joined this profession? …
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