OD1 Survival Guide: Pass Your First Clinical Checkouts
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5 Things I Learned During my First Month in Clinic
About two months prior to the COVID-19 outbreak, my classmates and I started seeing patients at Salus University’s optometric clinic, The Eye Institute, located in Northern Philadelphia. Fresh out from completing all of our clinical skills courses, we were eager to start seeing patients and finally put our training to use. I tried to enter
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Why Failures Lead to Victories
Getting through my first year of optometry school was by no means a walk in the park. I would not have been able to cross this milestone without setbacks, obstacles, and failures. But is through these setbacks that I have become a better student and a more optimistic doctor-to-be! Never Quitting I’d be lying if
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11 Most Annoying Patient Pet-Peeves
Let me preface by saying that I love optometry. I love what I do, and I enjoy clinical care and interacting with patients (shameless plug: check out my last article Tips on Engaging Patients for Effective Exams). That being said, there are some things that make my blood boil during exams! Hopefully you’ll relate to some
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Lessons Learned During My First Day at The Eye Center at SCO
This morning was my first day in The Eye Center at the Southern College of Optometry in Memphis. At SCO, second year students shadow third and fourth year students to learn about procedures and get more clinical experience before we’re on our own with patients. I was in Low Vision, where I shadowed for three
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25 Signs It’s Your First Day of Clinic
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
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Top 10 Mistakes in Clinic
Learning from your mistakes is a crucial step in improving yourself as a clinician. After providing regular patient care in the school clinic for a few months as a third year, I’ve seen and made some common mistakes. Here are the top 10 most common mistakes optometry students can make in clinic: Occluding one eye
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100 Commonly Prescribed Drugs: A Clinical Pocket Reference
There are many situations that can throw a wrench into your smooth eye exam flow, but encountering a patient with a long series of medications is definitely up there on the list of time sinks. Or, more commonly, your patient may only remember small bits of information about their medication – the pill color, the
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