Articles
Amelanotic Choroidal Melanoma
Background Uveal melanoma is the most common intraocular malignancy and involves the choroid in approximately 90% of cases.1,2 Melanomas are potentially life-threatening lesions that arise from melanocytes at various locations throughout the body, including ocular...
Does Self-Regulated Test Duration Correlate with Vision Science Test Score in First-Year Optometry Students?
Background Students in the United States generally have experienced limited duration examinations several times before entering an optometric degree program (e.g., SATs, ACTs, OATs and in undergraduate course work). For optometric education didactic courses, typical...
Unforeseen Outcomes of Remote Learning
During the past year our country faced many challenges. The SARS COVID-19 pandemic is at the forefront and changed the lives of many people. The effects of the pandemic impacted multiple areas: politics, public health, medicine, research, education, etc. On a personal...
Student Satisfaction with an Objective Structured Clinical Examination in Optometry
Introduction Graduates of schools and colleges of optometry must have the knowledge, skill and judgement to practice effectively and safely. Optometric education requires a system of assessment to determine whether students have reached the desired competencies1 for...
Student Perceptions of Cultural Competency
Background Healthcare disparities among people of different racial and ethnic backgrounds have been well-documented in the United States for more than 30 years.1-5 These disparities, which include differences in treatment, unnecessary testing, increased rates of...
Assessment of the Utility of 3D-Printed Interactive Models in the Vision Science Classroom
Background Vision science is a topic that encompasses a complex interworking of optometry, ophthalmology, neuroscience, psychology, physics, information systems biology and other fields of science, engineering and math. As part of optometry students’ study of vision...
Sleep Irregularity and Academic Performance
Introduction Insufficient sleep has been labeled a public health crisis in the United States, with many adults receiving less than the 7-8 hours of sleep per night recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.1 Other national initiatives such as...
Butterfly-Shaped Pattern Dystrophy:
an Observational Teaching Case Report
Background This teaching case report involves one of five pattern dystrophies of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), which share several characteristics. Typically, they are inherited in autosomal dominant fashion, heterogenous in presentation, associated with...
Call for Papers for Theme Edition: Diversity and Cultural Competence in Optometry
The population continues to become more diverse, and optometry must be able to meet the cultural, ethnic, racial, gender and linguistic needs of patients. Optometric Education is inviting authors to submit scholarly papers addressing related themes such as diversity,...
Recorded Lectures are Not for Everyone:
Lower-Performing Students
Benefit from Attending Live Lectures
Background Lecture styles and delivery methods are as diverse as the instructors delivering them. Most delivery methods can be placed into one of two large categories: live or recorded. The live lecture is the typical, and often preferred, in-person lecture style for...
The Eyes as a Window to the Brain: a Teaching Case Report of Misdiagnosed Glioblastoma
Background Glioblastoma [also known as glioblastoma multiforme (GBM)] is a type of glioma or astrocytoma, cancer that forms from star-shaped cells in the brain called astrocytes. Gliomas account for 40-50% of all primary and metastatic intracranial tumors with...
