Last weekend I was able to volunteer at my first vision screening with the Salus Christian Fellowship at an event called Hope-4-Philly. After only being in optometry school at PCO for about a month, I was very excited to have this opportunity. I was able to practice some of the skills that I’ve learned so …
5 Skills 1st Year Students can Practice at a Vision Screening Read More »
Tuesday, September 17th 2013 OptometryStudents.com (OS) and its team of 25 optometry and pre-optometry students has officially launched the “Optometry Clinical Photo Database” aka OptometryCPD. The project is lead by the OS Director of Clinical Photography, Apoorva Jinka of SUNY College of Optometry. OptometryCPD seeks to be the top crowd-sourced clinical photo database, with contributions from students, optometrists, and optometry …
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I have had the wonderful opportunity over the last 3 years to be a student ambassador at Southern College of Optometry. As a student ambassador at SCO I’ve had the opportunity give tours to students that are interviewed at the school. During these tours all prospective students get a presentation by our Director of Financial …
You May Know All About Eyes…But What Do You Know About Student Loans? Read More »
Meet Kendall. Kendall is a third year optometry student, and has just been named the new president of her class. Kendall is known to be a great leader after showing her classmates her capabilities of delegating tasks as the Chairwoman of her school’s Contact Lens and Cornea Section Committee. Kendall also decided to run for …
The Optometry Student Overachiever and The Underachiever: Finding Common Ground Read More »
At the beginning of orientation I was told that time spent in optometry school had a strange ability to pass both incredibly slowly and quickly at the same time. Without getting sappy, I have to agree with this statement. During second year at PCO, the curriculum’s focus changes drastically from the broad optical and physical …
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Earlier this year the University of the Incarnate Word’s Rosenburg School of Optometry was granted the status of “accredited” by the Accreditation Council of Optometric Education (ACOE). The status given by the ACOE means the institution has been evaluated to provide the quality education that is necessary of optometric practice. The college is located in …
Interview with Dr. Andrew Buzzelli: Dean of Rosenburg College Of Optometry Read More »
We’ve finally made it to the summer months in the year preceding optometry school! We’ve been counting down from a year until optometry school begins, to months, and now to just weeks and days before it begins! Here are 5 things to remember to do before you start school: 1. Finalize your transcripts. First, make …
What to Expect in the Year Preceding Optometry School: Eyeing the Future – Part 4 Read More »
With control of the lead approaching the final question at the 22nd Annual Varilux Optometry Student Bowl at Optometry’s Meeting last month in San Diego, Nova Southeastern fourth-year Blake Dornstauder answered the question confidently and correctly. The problem was he wagered only four points, landing him in a tie with University of Alabama at Birmingham’s …
July 2013 Students in Focus: Blake Dornstauder and David Zimmerman Read More »
As primary eye care providers, optometrists play a key role in preventing, identifying and treating vision loss in the general population. To effectively assist patients with visual impairment, optometrists not only need to be competent clinically, but must also display compassion and patience. Never tell a patient, “Nothing more can be done.” (1) Though it …
Entering her fourth year at Southern College of Optometry, Christina “Tina” Grosshans will undoubtedly excel in her final year of optometry school. She served SCO as president of SVOSH for the 2012-2013 academic year, which is how I came to know her, as we both just returned from our SVOSH trip to Belize last month. …
June 2013 Optometry Student in Focus, Tina Grosshans Read More »
