Education
How the Diploma Deluge is Reshaping Optometry
The student population is booming, but applicants haven’t kept pace. Here are three ways to protect academic standards and avoid a glut.
02/15/2018
A Fight for the Right to Learn
Nothing has come easily for the profession of optometry, and education is no different. But it’s come a long way from the days of apprenticeship.
07/21/2016
Anatomy of a Curriculum Overhaul
In 2001, the Pennsylvania College of Optometry (among other schools) launched a new, integrative, problem-based curriculum. Did they do the right thing?
11/16/2007
Optometric Education Report
Education is not an end in itself, but a means to many ends.
11/16/2007
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December 5, 2024
Rethinking Dry Eye Disease: A Contemporary Approach to a Complex Condition
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