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
August 14, 2024
The 3 I's of Geographic Atrophy: Imaging, Identification, and Intervention
Location: Virtual
Presenters: Mark Dunbar, OD, FAAO, and David Chin Yee, MD
Webinar: 8:30pm ET
Sponsored by Apellis
September 8, 2024
Ocular Surface Symposium
Location: Renaissance Chicago Downtown Hotel
Presenter: Paul Karpecki, OD
September 9, 2024
The 3 I's of Geographic Atrophy: Imaging, Identification, and Intervention
Location: Virtual
Presenters: Damon Dierker, OD, FAAO, and Lucas Lindsell, OD, MD
Webinar: 8:30pm ET
Sponsored by Apellis
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