Outlook
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
Screen Time on Steroids
Apple’s entry into the VR market will popularize headset devices, putting digital displays closer than ever to vulnerable eyes.
02/15/2024
See For Yourself
Sharpen your disease detection skills with a new collection of images, then use it as a springboard to explore our archives.
01/15/2024
Surgery Out of the Shadows
Optometry’s embrace of minor procedures is increasingly accepted to be simply one more facet of primary eyecare practice.
12/15/2023
Upcoming Events
September 18, 2024
Showcasing Inflammation and IOP Control
Location: Canaletto (Inside The Venetian)
Presenters: Michael Chaglasian, OD, and Walter Whitley, OD, MBA
Time: 7:00pm PT
Sponsored by Bausch + Lomb
September 19, 2024
Clinical Conversations in Retina with Ultra-Widefield Imaging
Location: Canaletto (Inside The Venetian)
Location: Canaletto (Inside The Venetian)
Presenters: Steven Ferrucci, OD, and Julie Rodman, OD
Time: 7:00pm PT
Sponsored by iCare
September 20, 2024
GA and SYFOVRE (pegcetacoplan injection) What every OD should know
Location: Canaletto (Inside The Venetian)
Presenters: Julie Rodman, OD, MS, FAAO, and Deepak Sambhara, MD
Presentation: 7:00pm PT
Sponsored by Apellis
