Posts

Showing posts from April, 2017

H E L L O :: INTRO + VISION REHAB/LOW VISION

Hello! This is a journey of my life as an optometry studying in the United States. I'm currently just finishing my 2nd year and will be entering my 3rd year in less than a month. Just thought the journey might interesting to document - though I wish I would have started this sooner. Currently, in less than 7 hours, I have my Vision Rehabilitation and Low Vision Exam. I'm approximately 60% through the material but it's been painfully slow to get through. The remaining 40% consists of about 4 hours of lecture. Don't worry this becomes the norm and stress levels prior to test taking decreases significantly and rapidly once in optometry school. I've previously worked in low vision patient care as a vision mate prior to starting optometry school with some minor interest in it. After taking this course, I am fairly certain I do not want to become a low vision optometrist as I don't have the strong interest or patience that's required of it. One cool condit