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Acquired Toxoplasmosis Manifesting as Granulomatous Panuveitis
Background This case report follows the diagnosis and management of a patient with unilateral granulomatous panuveitis including differential diagnosis, diagnostic lab testing and treatment. The case is an unusual presentation of uveitis, and it is a useful...
Teaching Ocular Imaging, Disease Diagnosis and Management Within a Work-Integrated Setting: a Novel Model Within an Optometric Education Program
Introduction Technological advancements in ocular imaging are rapidly redefining the way eye diseases such as glaucoma and macular degeneration are diagnosed and managed in optometric practice. In Australia, the scope of practice of optometrists has expanded with the...
Ocular Chrysiasis
Background The following case report is meant to be used as a guide in teaching optometry students and residents. It is relevant to all levels of training. Ocular chrysiasis is a deposition of gold in ocular structures following chrysotherapy, which is the medical use...
Thank You!
ASCO extends its sincere thanks to the following sponsors of the Ophthalmic Optics Educators Special Interest Group and the Low Vision Educators Special Interest Group! OPHTHALMIC OPTICS EDUCATORS SIG Michelle J. Hoff, OD, ABOAC, FNAO, Associate Clinical...
@ Our Wit’s End with Unprofessional Student E-mails
Traditionally, out-of-class communication between students and faculty involved meetings during office hours or informal meetings. These meetings have been shown to contribute to a positive student outcome.1-3 Today, e-mail communication between students and faculty...
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When Early Intervention Fails to Improve Outcomes
in Neovascular AMD
In the Summer 2017 (Volume 42, Number 3) issue of Optometric Education, we presented a teaching case report titled “Normotensive Glaucoma Follow-Up with Incidental Finding of Choroidal Neovascular Membrane.” The case highlighted the need for student clinicians to be...
Retinoschisis
Background Retinoschisis means “splitting of neurosensory retina.”1-3 In the various forms of retinoschisis, patients may present with or without symptoms. The condition can be unilateral or bilateral and it can be peripheral or central. Acquired retinoschisis and...
Virtual Patient Instruction and Self-Assessment Accuracy in Optometry Students
Introduction Decision-making in a clinical context is defined as “making choices between alternatives in order to decide what procedures to do, to make a diagnosis, or to decide what treatments to prescribe.”1 We developed a virtual patient software to teach these...
It’s Time to Apply for a 2018 Educational Starter Grant
ASCO and The Vision Care Institute, LLC, an affiliate of Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc., are pleased to announce the opening of the application period for the 2018 Educational Starter Grants. The grants, which have been available for the past several years,...
Keeping Disruptive Technologies in Perspective
In 1997, in his book “The Innovator’s Dilemma,” Prof. Clayton Christensen from Harvard Business School introduced the term “disruptive technology.”1 In the book, Christensen distinguishes sustaining technology from disruptive technology. He characterizes sustaining...
