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

Upcoming Events

2019 Conference Planner

Intrepid Presents: Innovations and Implementations in Practice
Location: Renaissance Newport Beach
Program Co-chairs: Nathan Lighthizer, OD, FAAO and John D. Gelles, OD, FIAO, FCLSA
Earn 14 LIVE COPE Credits (approval pending)

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Special Conference: Technologies & Treatments in Eye Care

Establishing a Partnership in the Effective Management of Patients with Diabetic Retinal Disease
Location: The Palm Chicago
Speakers: Steven Ferrucci, OD, FAAO, and Dilsher Dhoot, MD
7:30–8:30pm CST

Sponsored by Regeneron

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