ASCO News April 2015

ASCO to Lead Dialogue on Specialties and Subspecialties in Optometry

ASCO to Lead Dialogue on Specialties and Subspecialties in Optometry

The Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry (ASCO) will be initiating a dialogue with multiple stakeholder organizations on the development of formal specialties and subspecialties in optometry as a result of action taken by the Board of Directors at its meeting on March 14, 2015, in Portland, Ore. The action came after a task […]

ASCO Journal Publishes IPE Special Report

ASCO Journal Publishes IPE Special Report

ASCO’s journal Optometric Education has published a special report, “Interprofessional Education (IPE) and Collaborative Patient Care at U.S. Schools and Colleges of Optometry,” in its Winter-Spring 2015 issue. Prepared by Dr. John Baker (Illinois College of Optometry) and Dr. Melissa Vitek (Salus University Pennsylvania College of Optometry), both members of ASCO’s IPE and Collaborative Practice […]