My Optometrist Research Paper

This is a sample personal statement question from the Optomcas centralized optometry admission application (optomcas.org).

I could never get it right and I always got screamed at for it. I used to take tests read the passage and the go to the questions and read the questions wrong and mark the wrong answer. Then my mom would be mad at me and we would try to fix it at home and she would get so frustrated because I just could not do it. I just could not interpret words correctly. At times I used to think that if I acted like and walked like and ate what all the “smart kids” ate then I would become smart

Few relationships are as special as the bond between sisters. Siblings know us greater than even we know ourselves sometimes; it’s through this insight, their insight, that we can see ourselves better and grow into who we aspire to be. My relationship with my sister is no exception; she’s my best friend. She’s a part of why I am who I am today, and it all started with a name.

Internal medicine physicians provide compassionate care across the spectrum from optimal health to complex illness. They are specially trained to prevent, diagnose, and treat diseases that affect adults. In fact, internists are often called upon to act as consultants to other physicians to help solve puzzling diagnostic problems.

Between the age of two and six years, the brain experiences a rapid growth. By the age of six, the brain is 90% developed as compared to that of the adult. However, the child lacks experience and knowledge. The brain becomes a trainee of what happens around them and imitates what is

Dr. Mark Everett is the clinic coordinator and optometric physician of the Pacific Cataract and Laser Institute (PCLI) office in Spokane, Washington. A special surgical team, which includes seven surgeons, comes to the Spokane clinic to perform laser vision correction surgeries known as LASIK and other eye surgeries weekly. There are a total of 11 PCLI clinics throughout the northwestern United States that the surgical team cover. Competition from Lexington Laser Vision (LLV) in Vancouver, Canada, is charging lower rates and attracting potential customers away from PCLI. A local clinic, Eye Consultants, is heavily advertising in the local newspaper a price per eye that is significantly lower than PCLI. Dr. Everett clinic has the capacity to do more laser vision correction surgeries, and he wants to expand this service to keep current patients and attract new ones. An advertising campaign has already begun, but a clear strategic focus is needed to respond to this challenge.

I came home from school just like any other day. It was around the end of the fourth grade and I was very exited for summer to be here! I noticed an unusual box sitting in the corner of the room but I paid it no attention as a rambled on to my mom, what I thought was a sectaculer day! Later my dad called my sister and I to the kitchen table to talk. The first thing that crossed my mind was, “oh Lord, what have we done now?” Instead, my dad pointed at the box in the corner. He told us to go look inside and tell him if we recognized where the things were from. As I look down into the box, I recognize the pictures of my family and the past fathers day gifts my sister or I had given my dad over the years that he always had sitting on his desk at

You cannot go up to a stranger and tell them that you’re their sibling. It’s not accepted easily.”

For this assignment, I interviewed Dr. George Joseph, a board certified Medical Doctor with specialty training in Ophthalmology. Dr. Joseph has practiced Ophthalmology for 18 years. He previously worked for UT Southwestern Medical School and the University of Houston. However, he currently works as the Medical Director for Vision Group Holdings and Eye Surgery of Texas, PA. They have offices in Dallas, Ft. Worth, Austin, Houston, San Antonio, El Paso, Oklahoma City and St. Louis. He is also on staff at Presbyterian Hospital of Plano Texas. Dr. Joseph listed his daily responsibilities as “setting medical protocols and examining and evaluating patients with medical diseases of the eye for treatment.” Treatments for his patients typically include

I visited the Optim Orthopedics in Savannah, Georgia. This facility specializes occupational, physical and hand therapy. I want to pursue a career in Sport Medicine but because of the physician not being in, I interview a Physical Therapist. Stacy McKenzie works as a PRN at the Savannah and Pooler facilities. Stacy knew at the age of 12 that therapy was her passion. She attended Armstrong State University for six years where she obtain her undergraduate and graduate degree. Since she only has her master degree, the only license she needed was the PT license. She stated her workday is typical busy. They see patients every 45 minutes each day. The patients range from four year olds to elderly patients. What she enjoy about working is meeting

The cost of entry into the private medical practice space is usually too high due to the huge costs to attain required quality of education and the initial costs to set up a medical practice. The Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston (OCB) addresses this issue by providing general administrative and clinical functions for its independent member practices. Asides minimizing cost of operations by sharing common resources, this strategy allows physicians to focus on their strengths and achieve more results in the time they have to work.

It was an awkward day at Wal-mart. I was tripping all over the place. It felt as if I was blind. I thought it was going to be a normal day at Wal-mart. We parked our car and headed inside. It was pitch black. The only lights you could see were from the self check-out boards and they were hardly bright at all. My mom said we should go and come back another day, but my dad said we needed groceries badly. I thought we could use our phones, but we left them at the house. We hardly brought our phones with us anymore. So, it was going to be a weird grocery shopping day. Once we walked in we started our usual route and I bumped into a couple of people. I kept hearing people saying “ouch”. I bumped into the aisles hit my head a couple of times. My

Exophthalmos, also called proptosis, is a condition where one or both eyes move forward. The eyes look as if one or both eyes are bulging or popping out. When the eyes are pushed forward, damage can be done to:

The first time I can remember realizing I was adept in math was in my third grade class. At that point, I had never compared myself to any other children and assumed that everyone must think the same

My aunt and I were close. We enjoyed shopping at whole foods together and drinking green drinks. We liked to consider ourselves ‘health food moms’ even though we both continued to binge on sweets. My aunt had 4 children, 2 in college, 1 in high school, and 1 of preschool age. Out of the four, only one lived with her, Aubrey (the one preschool age). Aubrey and I considered ourselves sisters due to how close we were.