by Optometric Insights | Aug 5, 2015 | Video
A quick interview with a 4th year optometry student on her 1st rotation. As she looks back on her schooling she shares some advice for optometry students trying to make decisions for their future: • The first step is determining where you want to practice • Determine...
by Optometric Insights | Aug 1, 2015 | Contact Lens Spectrum
We live in an age of quick fixes. Those who are overweight are looking for a magic weight loss pill, and individuals who are in pain want a painkiller to solve their ailments rather than looking for a more permanent solution to their problems. We are fortunate enough...
by Optometric Insights | Jul 27, 2015 | Student's Blog
Optometry is a field of medicine that is constantly expanding but the population is often unaware of the changes that have made us into primary care physicians. For us, being an optometrist is so much more than being a good refractionist but unfortunately that is all...
by Optometric Insights | Jul 26, 2015 | Contact Lens Today, Publications
When we had only GP lenses for our custom patients, it was amazing what things we could accomplish with a simple base curve or diameter change. Now with hybrid, custom soft, and scleral lenses, those simple modifications seem somewhat archaic in ways because we know...
by Optometric Insights | Jul 22, 2015 | Clinical Insights / Advanced Ocular Care
Overwear of contact lenses can cause deposits and corneal insult in the short term and inflect serious harm like neovascularization, scarring, and infiltrates in the long term. It is important to decipher the difference between what patients say they do and...
