Archive by year 2013

AZCOPT Receives Notification of Accreditation

AZCOPT Receives Notification of Accreditation

The Midwestern University Arizona College of Optometry (AZCOPT) recently received an accreditation notification for its Doctor of Optometry graduate degree program from the Accreditation Council on Optometric Education (ACOE). ACOE classified AZCOPT’s “Accredited” status for the maximum term of eight years. The “Accredited” designation indicates that AZCOPT’s doctoral program meets and is in compliance with […]

ASCO Corporate Contributors

ASCO appreciates the continued support it received from the following companies for its national programs and activities that benefit all the schools and colleges of optometry:* Abbott Medical Optics Accutome Alcon Allergan Bausch + Lomb Carl Zeiss Vision / Carl Zeiss Meditec Compulink Business Systems CooperVision Essilor of America Haag-Streit HEINE HOYA Vision Care International […]

Admissions Handbook Updated

Admissions Handbook Updated

ASCO’s comprehensive Admission Requirements handbook for prospective optometry students and health professions advisors has been updated and can be found on the ASCO website at http://www.opted.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/ASCO-Admission-Requirements-Handbook-2013.pdf. The 107-page handbook provides general information about the profession of optometry, preparing for optometry school, deciding where to apply and financing an education as well as specific information about […]

ASCO Holds First Virtual Optometry Fair

On Oct. 30, more than 900 prospective optometry school applicants and representatives from the schools and colleges of optometry participated in ASCO’s first virtual optometry fair. The virtual optometry fair was an opportunity for students to ask questions from the comfort of their own computers as they consider if optometry is the right profession for […]

Telethia Owens Joins ASCO Staff

Telethia Owens Joins ASCO Staff

ASCO has hired Telethia R. Owens to fill the position of Manager, Administrative and Board Services/Executive Assistant. Telethia has 21 years of administrative and office management experience with two associations and the federal government, including the National Institutes of Health, as well as in the for-profit sector. She lives in Anne Arundel County, Md., with […]

Help Us Promote the Profession

ASCO invites the schools and colleges of optometry to send us photos of students and faculty working in the clinic, lab and classroom and participating in campus life and outreach. We will use the photos on our website and in various printed materials to help showcase and convey key messages about the profession of optometry […]

ASCO Launches Practice Management Education Awards Program

ASCO presented six schools and colleges of optometry with Practice Management Education (PME) Awards in 2013, the first year for the program. A PME Award provides funding of up to $2,000 for developing and implementing activities or programs designed to supplement the practice management educational experience for optometry students. The activity/program should strengthen the institution’s […]

Optometrist Rated as Low Stress/High Pay Job

Optometrist was No. 8 on a list of 15 jobs identified in a Yahoo Finance article as offering an ideal combination of high pay and low stress. “15 High-Paying Jobs for People Who Don’t Like Stress” was posted online in November and featured career information expert Dr. Laurence Shatkin. He compared average salaries and stress […]

Accutome Aims for Unparalleled Service and Responsiveness for Customers

Accutome Aims for Unparalleled Service and Responsiveness for Customers

In the early 1980s, Dr. Frederic B. Kremer developed the first ultrasound pachymeter so that radial keratotomy (RK) incisions could be made more accurately. He patented his device and founded Accutome Inc. in Malvern, Pa. In 1991, Brian Chandler, a retired naval officer with more than 20 years of service, was appointed president of the […]

SIG News

Biomedical Science Educators Met: Oct. 25, 2013 in Seattle, Wash. Chair: Dr. Ruth Trachimowicz Actions: At this inaugural meeting, Dr. Ruth Trachimowicz was selected as Founding Chair by acclamation and will serve a two-year term. Dr. Jan Bergmanson was selected as Vice-Chair and will serve a four-year term, which includes two years as Vice-Chair followed […]