A day in the life of an OptStudent

As some of you may already know, the profession of optometry in the United States is considered a "legislated profession." This means that all the privileges allowed for ODs are limited only to the extent of law. This is in contrast to MDs, which can practice medicine to its fullest extent (well, there should really be an asterisk here because although a cardiologist can technically/legally do something outside their scope like foot surgery, they will get sued if they mess up and that's why you go through residencies/fellowships to specialize in different areas of medicine).

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A few months ago I was asked to write on the state of optometry from a student's perspective for TotallyOptical.com. Below is a link of the final paper that includes a couple of the remarks that I made. The paper is actually pretty helpful in finding out the latest in the optometry world, so check it out!

http://state-of-optometry.epubxpress.com/luxso1

I know this is late, but I've been busy enjoying my break so happy holidays everyone! Stay posted for more updates in the new year.


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