ASCO’s special Journal issue on Diversity and Cultural and Linguistic Competence is available now at http://journal.opted.org/. The issue features two peer-reviewed articles: Cognitive Strategies to Improve Patient Care in Cross-Cultural Settings and Developing Military Cultural Competency to Better Serve Those Who Have Served Us, two special reports: The Path to Cultural Competence in Optometric Education […]
ASCO’s Academic Affairs Committee (AAC), chaired by Dr. Melissa Trego, Dean at Salus Pennsylvania College of Optometry, partnered with the American Academy of Optometry for a student-centered session at the recently held 2017 Chicago Academy meeting. Designed for students interested in research career paths in academia or industry, the session “ASCO-AAO Optometry and Graduate Student […]
ASCO’s Optometry Residency Match (ORMatch) opened for applications on Oct. 4. ORMatch, facilitated by National Matching Services Inc., is an application service and match that places applicants into optometry residency training positions based on a mutual ranking algorithm. For 2018, 238 residency sites with 446 available positions are participating. The match results will be released […]
ASCO Ushers in New President as Fiscal Year Begins The ASCO Board of Directors held its Annual Meeting in Washington, DC last month. President Karla Zadnik led the first day of the two-day meeting which included updates on ASCO’s Strategic Plan, a development effort she has been leading for a year and a half. On […]
ASCO’s Board of Directors elected its Executive Committee for fiscal year 2017-2018. They are: President, David A. Damari, Dean, Michigan College of Optometry at Ferris State University; President-Elect, Dr. Elizabeth Hoppe, Founding Dean, Western University of Health Sciences, College of Optometry; Secretary-Treasurer, Dr. John Flanagan, Dean, University of California at Berkeley, School of Optometry; At-Large […]
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Walmart Announces Winners of Scholarship Competition The final round of the Walmart and Sam’s Club Project Foresight National Scholarship Competition was held in conjunction with Optometry’s Meeting in Washington, DC. Thirty-one teams (62 students) from 14 optometric institutions across the nation participated in this year’s competition. The 16 student finalists (eight teams) met with the […]
This year, the School of Optometry & Vision Science celebrates 50 years since moving to the University of Waterloo in 1967. To mark this important milestone we have a year of events and initiatives planned that are aimed to pull together alumni from across the country and around the world […]
The Arizona College of Optometry at Midwestern University has re-opened their pre-clinic laboratory at their campus in Glendale, Arizona. The re-design and expansion of the 4,407-square-foot lab and attached classroom will be utilized in all Methods, Low Vision, and Contact Lens courses. The new lab contains a new teaching lane and 30 student workstations that […]
Bausch + Lomb Unveils AMD Virtual Experience with State-of-the-Art Technology at Optometry’s Meeting Bausch + Lomb, a leading global eye health company, announced the launch of a new virtual reality (VR) tool using state-of-the-art technology. The Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) Virtual Experience, unveiled during the annual meeting of the American Optometric Association (AOA), June 21-25, in […]
