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Optometrists Share Insights to Help Students Explore Optometry
Many factors go into choosing a medical specialty such as optometry, including personal history, clinical interests, duration of the training involved, career opportunities and...
Contact Lens Institute™ Report Aims to Disrupt the Dropout Dilemma
A new, data-rich report from the Contact Lens Institute™ (CLI) indicates that higher contact lens retention rates are well within the reach of eye care practices,...
Who or What Inspired Your Career?
People come to their optometric careers through various paths. What's yours?
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Are You Voting in 2024?
About two-thirds (66%) of the voting-eligible population turned out for the 2020 presidential election. A 2021 Journal of General Internal Medicine study noted that,...
Poll Respondents Split on Importance of Live Meetings
A recent WO poll asked optometrists whether live meetings are a professional necessity or an optional distraction. Responses reveal diverse preferences, particularly regarding continuing...
Class of 2028 Is Mostly Female—Again
The percentage of women entering North America’s optometry schools and colleges inched upward to 71%, matching the opening enrollment of the class that is...
HOYA Vision Care’s Defocus Incorporated Multiple Segments Spectacle Lenses Demonstrated Significant...
Data from an interim analysis of the Observational French Study OPHTAMYOP has demonstrated a significant trend of myopia control in children with spherical equivalent refraction (SER)...
Most ODs Happy With Their Work; Some Still Struggle
Seven out of ten (70%) eye care professional say they are happy with their work life right now, according to a WO Poll. However,...
Does Working With Friends Affect Productivity?
Business publications often cite the important of having good friends at work. Those who have a best friend at work are more engaged, more...
Adjusting Summer Office Hours
During the midst of summer, many optometrists evaluate whether to adjust their office hours. According to a recent WO poll, a majority of optometrists...
