Outlook
Introduction to the issue and commentary on recent trends in the profession. By Jack Persico, Editor-in-Chief
The Pursuit of Happiness
Optometry has its share of challenges, but practitioners report consistently high levels of satisfaction with their profession.
12/15/2024
On the Shoulders of Giants
We present a guide to eyecare research studies so that you, too, can see further than those who have come before.
11/15/2024
A Hole in the IRIS
The Academy of Ophthalmology’s registry generates valuable insights— but excludes optometry practices, to its detriment.
10/15/2024
Context is King
Medical statistics get tossed around a lot, but they’re only meaningful if you know how they’re calculated—and why.
09/15/2024
Setting the Record Straight on Surgery
It turns out optometrists have performed hundreds of thousands of laser procedures without incident.
08/15/2024
Get Going on Gonio
This simple procedure is essential to glaucoma patient care—and maybe to optometry’s wider ambitions, too.
07/15/2024
School of Hard Knocks
Optometric education is both growing and stagnating at the same time. New colleges are fine. We need new ideas, too.
06/15/2024
The Elephant in the Exam Room
Optometrists deliver a sizable percentage of eye care, yet remain conspicuously absent from ophthalmology’s worldview.
05/15/2024
Attack of the Clones
Artificial intelligence tools may be able to imitate some of a doctor’s skills, but they come up short where it really matters.
04/15/2024
51 Flavors of Optometry
The profession’s fragmented legal basis lets some states surge while others languish, creating dozens of varieties.
03/15/2024
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January 14, 2025
From Comprehensive to Retina: Intelligently Advancing OCT
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