I'm a fourth-year optometry student with aspirations of practicing in California and, one day, earning a fellowship with the American Academy of Optometry. Some of my optometry-related interests include contact lens, anterior segment disease (including dry eye), posterior segment disease, ocular trauma, and emergencies.
Relative afferent pupillary defect testing focuses on the afferent light pathway and can play an integral part of clinical testing. Here are two effective testing techniques.
If you're considering working for a corporation or subleasing an office, make sure you know whether you'll be working in a one-door or a two-door state. These laws regulate the separation—or lack thereof—between your office space and the adjacent store.
In addition to ocular problems associated with hepatitis C, we should also be concerned with the side effects of treatment. What can you, as an optometrist, do to better treat your patients systemically?
Explaining ocular disease to your patients can be difficult. Here are 5 things to keep in mind when educating patients.