ABCMO News, Articles of Interest and Editorials

Dr. Samuel W. Schlosberg, chief of optometry, Boston Veterans Administration, accepted an appointment as associate clinical professor at MCO. Read More

Many skilled physicians never get to that point (of financial security) but instead remain working from a place of financial obligation. Read More

ABCMO President, Dr. Kenneth Myers is in the bottom row, all the way to the left. Photo taken Summer of 1980. Read More

By becoming employees of corporate medical systems over the past 40 years clinicians lost the autonomy they had when owning their practices. Read More

Threats to traditional optometric refractive practice are weakening the stature of the profession of Optometry. This can be reversed. Read More

Here in the United States, our leaders have failed that test. They have taken the Covid-19 crisis and turned it into a tragedy. Read More

In this article Rada Jones, MD presents a strong case for the profession of “Physician” rapidly losing its “place” in American society. Read More

Most optometrists are not aware the changes they are experiencing often relate to similar changes that have already happened to physicians. Read More

Changes to our profession since the early 1970s have led to a shift towards retail store practices, advertising and the commoditization of optometry. Read More

The first major threat to our profession has to be the near doubling of graduates from un-needed new schools of optometry. Read More

The book explores the causes of the “Apocalypse” – rising student debt and the now crashing bull market in higher education. Read More

For all these reasons I believe some optometry schools should plan how to survive in the future by reducing their class size. Read More

The culture of medical education is responsible for increasing rates of depression and burnout among medical students. Read More

Only ABCMO board certification is accepted and required for appointment as a specialist in medical optometry at health facilities accredited by the Joint Commission. Read More

Your Credentialing Committee needs to know you served a medical optometry residency, passed an examination, and met additional requirements. Read More

Student debt is a steadily escalating problem for health care professionals. Optometry is no exception. Read More

There are few accurate studies of how optometrists practice and no studies have been made by physically visiting practice sites to gather practice data first-hand. Read More

Debate over the two Lewin Studies issued in 2014 has chiefly centered on Lewin’s prediction of an “adequate supply” of “eye doctors” Read More

Optometrists pay a higher percentage of their income to retire student loans than all the other major professions. Optometry pays twice as much as Medicine. Read More

The press release sent to AOA members, “Study Finds Eye Care Workforce is Adequate to Meet Projected Demand” is included with comments by Dr. Myers. Read More

Dr. Myers, President of ABCMO, responds to Review of Optometry’s February 2018 Article: How the Diploma Deluge is Reshaping Optometry. Read More

Review of Optometry was the first non-academic trade association to investigate the optometry surplus. Read More

Dr. Charles Mullen gives an overview of the major issues faced by optometric education along with recommended actions to address each one. Read More

The Lewin Survey report itself provided much needed data on the extent of the optometry surplus and its effect on younger optometrists. Read More

Optometry today is more advanced than it was in 1985. We owe that to the vision, commitment and tenacity of those who came before us. Read More

This year, graduates will approach 1,600 and increase to nearly 1,900 by 2018. Meanwhile, applications per seat have declined. Read More

This new model would award the OD degree in 3-years, federal-supported residency training in the 4th year prior to licensing and then board certification. Read More