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    Optometry is the healthcare practice concerned with examining the eyes for visual defects, prescribing corrective lenses, and detecting eye abnormalities...
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  • The Optometry Admission Test (OAT) is a test used to determine applicants' qualification for admission to a school of optometry. All colleges of optometry...
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  • The following list of optometry schools covers many countries, although the list is not exhaustive. Internationally, optometry as a profession includes...
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    University of New York College of Optometry (SUNY Optometry) is a public school of optometry in New York City. SUNY Optometry is home to one of the largest...
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  • Bachelor of Optometry (abbreviated as B.Optom) is a five-year degree programme in the field of optometry, awarded upon graduation from an optometry school...
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    Southern College of Optometry is a privately owned educational institution located in Memphis, Tennessee. It specializes in optometry and offers a comprehensive...
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  • (AOA), founded in 1898, represents approximately 37,000 doctors of optometry, optometry students and para-optometric assistants and technicians in the United...
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  • The World Council of Optometry (WCO) is a membership organization for the development of optometry (eye care) internationally. The WCO is the first and...
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  • Academy of Optometry. The journal was established in 1924 as the American Journal of Optometry. It was renamed the American Journal of Optometry and Archives...
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    neologisms, based on Greek and/or Latin roots (for example television or optometry) is a highly productive process in English and in most modern European...
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  • Vision therapy (VT), or behavioral optometry, is an umbrella term for alternative medicine treatments using eye exercises, based around the pseudoscientific...
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  • The School of Optometry and Vision Science is a professional school at the University of Waterloo within the Faculty of Science. It is the only English-language...
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  • The National Board of Examiners in Optometry (N.B.E.O.) is the testing organization for the field of optometry, in the United States of America (including...
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  • Fullerton, California. MBKU expanded from the Southern California College of Optometry which was founded in 1904. The university was officially established as...
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  • World Optometry Day is observed worldwide every year on March 23. This special day highlights the vital role of Optometry in enhancing the quality of...
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  • The American Academy of Optometry (AAO) is an organization of optometrists based in Orlando, Florida. Its goal is to maintain and enhance excellence in...
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    partially covered by Medicare, such as prescription drugs, dentistry and optometry. Approximately 65 to 75 percent of Canadians have some form of supplementary...
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    of Optometry (ICO) is a private optometry college in Chicago, Illinois. Graduating approximately 160 optometrists a year, it is the largest optometry college...
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    Optometry is a relatively new field in eye care in Ghana. Optometry is a new field in the eye care system of Ghana.[citation needed] The Eye Secretariat...
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    planning are the purchase of medication, dentistry, elective surgery, optometry, and chiropractic. Despite its difficult topography, Mexico's roadway...
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  • Illinois College of Optometry. Laden has a bachelor's degree in pre-medical sciences from Quinnipiac University and a Doctor of Optometry degree from Illinois...
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  • enrollment of more than 3,000 students. The university has Oregon's only optometry school, and offers doctorates in 14 programs. Pacific competes in NCAA...
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    San Juan. The university also has three professional schools: School of Optometry, School of Law, and the School of Aeronautics. The Inter offers academic...
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  • A-scan ultrasound biometry Purpose diagnostic test used in optometry...
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    Optometry stores, along with 175 job losses. This would not affect the Big W store that housed the optometry department, and that the last optometry sessions...
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    Modern Optometry." Although he entered the field because his family could only afford two years of college, he made a lasting impact on optometry. He authored...
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    2009). "Development and treatment of astigmatism-related amblyopia". Optometry and Vision Science. 86 (6): 634–9. doi:10.1097/opx.0b013e3181a6165f. PMC 2706277...
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    An eyeglass prescription is an order written by an eyewear prescriber, such as an optometrist, that specifies the value of all parameters the prescriber...
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  • The Journal of Behavioral Optometry was a peer-reviewed medical journal published by the Optometric Extension Program Foundation. It covered clinically...
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  • Clinical and Experimental Optometry is a bimonthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering optometry. As of 2021, the journal has been published by Taylor...
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