Clinical Pearls

When it comes to having a young child in your exam chair, how prepared do you feel? Do you know what to expect from a 3-year old? 5-year old? 12-year old? If your response is anything other than “completely prepared,” let’s spend a...

There are several paths an optometrist can take when determining the best visual correction for their patients. The best option depends on the patient's individual goals. Some patient's desire greater flexibility with their correction, in...

History of vision surgeries Utilizing a surgical procedure to alter structures within and around the eye to help optimize vision dates back to between 1792 and 1750 BCE. The first type of refractive surgery, which was mentioned in the...

  An Optometry Student's Guide to Pediatric Optometry   "Pediatric optometrists have a difficult time because of how hard it is to test a child for glasses."  "Children are too young to read the letters."  "Children...

A patient sits down in your chair being followed for possible glaucoma. You have determined they have a progressing C/D ratio and, after running an OCT and visual field, your attending and you decide that they have a thinning RNFL and...