Outlook
Introduction to the issue and commentary on recent trends in the profession. By Jack Persico, Editor-in-Chief
School of Hard Knocks
Optometric education is both growing and stagnating at the same time. New colleges are fine. We need new ideas, too.
06/15/2024
The Elephant in the Exam Room
Optometrists deliver a sizable percentage of eye care, yet remain conspicuously absent from ophthalmology’s worldview.
05/15/2024
Attack of the Clones
Artificial intelligence tools may be able to imitate some of a doctor’s skills, but they come up short where it really matters.
04/15/2024
51 Flavors of Optometry
The profession’s fragmented legal basis lets some states surge while others languish, creating dozens of varieties.
03/15/2024
Screen Time on Steroids
Apple’s entry into the VR market will popularize headset devices, putting digital displays closer than ever to vulnerable eyes.
02/15/2024
See For Yourself
Sharpen your disease detection skills with a new collection of images, then use it as a springboard to explore our archives.
01/15/2024
Surgery Out of the Shadows
Optometry’s embrace of minor procedures is increasingly accepted to be simply one more facet of primary eyecare practice.
12/15/2023
Leaving New York
Vision Expo East’s move to Orlando closes the curtain on a long run of prominence for the city in the optometric landscape.
11/15/2023
Playing the Percentages
Ophthalmology’s ranks are declining, patient demand is rising—and ODs say they’re open to a bold idea that might help with both.
10/11/2023
Baby Boom
The next generation of optometrists is transforming the profession—and our publication.
09/15/2023
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