Articles
Optometric Case Vignettes for the Clinical Preceptor
Third-year optometric interns generally enter their clinical rotations at a point in their education where they are making the transition from thinking as students to thinking as clinicians. This transition is reflected in how they present their cases to their...
A Clinical Approach to Pupil Testing
Background The following case report discusses the appropriate testing and diagnosis of a patient with ipsilateral ptosis and miosis. It demonstrates the importance of investigating all differential diagnoses, and it provides a guide for teaching third- and...
Educator’s Toolkit to Address Universal Design
for Learning
In an upcoming issue of Optometric Education, the Educator’s Toolkit feature will focus on Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and UDL concepts that optometric faculty can incorporate into our instructional repertoire. Based on scientific insights into how people...
Phlyctenular Keratoconjunctivitis
Background Phlyctenular keratoconjunctivitis (PKC) is an acute localized nodular inflammation of the conjunctiva, limbus or peripheral cornea.1-2 It is a delayed-type (IV) hypersensitivity reaction to foreign microbial proteins.3-4 The traditional association in...
Transient Vision Loss
Background Transient vision loss is the acute loss of vision, either monocular or binocular, lasting less than 24 hours.1 The potential etiologies are wide-ranging, and many are ocular or systemic emergencies. A thorough case history and attention to patient...
Torpedo Maculopathy
Introduction Torpedo maculopathy (TM) is a rare, congenital, predominantly unilateral macular lesion. TM lesions can be classified as type I or type II with the assistance of optical coherence tomography (OCT). Both classifications of the condition are typically...
Standardized Tests as Predictors of Success
in Health Professions Education: a Scoping Review
Background Standardized testing is used as a formal assessment of academic ability in order to predict student success in higher education at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Standardized tests differ from in-class assessments of knowledge because they are...
Student Perceptions of Attaining the Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry Graduate Attributes
Background Assessment of learning is a necessary step in providing feedback to students on their learning and providing the institution valuable information for making programmatic changes. Assessment is defined as the process of gathering data to understand changes...
Review of Standardized Testing in Doctoral Health Professions Admission Requirements
Background The purpose of this study is to assess the current status of the role of standardized testing in the admissions process for graduate health professions in the United States by quantifying the number and percentage of health professions programs that require...
CMV Retinitis
Background This case involves a 37-year-old Hispanic male who was diagnosed with cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis because of poorly controlled human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS). CMV retinitis is a full-thickness retinal necrosis...
Ocular Ischemic Syndrome
Background While the primary focus of eyecare providers is to provide treatment and care for the structures confined within the orbital area, clinical findings that necessitate a systemic intervention often may arise. Ocular ischemic syndrome (OIS) is a prime example...
