ABCMO News, Articles of Interest and Editorials

ACMO Exam Scheduled for Thursday, June 22, 2023 (2022-09-13)
Newsletter – ABCMO News and Updates – May 2022 (2022-05-24)
A Reminder to VA Residents (2022-04-28)
10 Administrators for Every Doctor (2022-04-25)
What is Medical Optometry? (2022-03-29)
A Letter to VA Optometry Residency Coordinators: Benefits of ACMO (2022-03-28)
Retail and Clinical Pharmacy (2022-03-21)
It’s Time to Rethink Board Recertification (2022-02-21)
Boston VA Residency Funded – Flashback to 1976 (2021-10-07)
Newsletter – ABCMO News and Updates – September 2021 (2021-09-09)
How Medical Training Teaches Doctors to be Financially Unhealthy (2021-09-02)
VA Optometry – Flashback to the Summer of 1980 (2021-08-24)
Rest in Peace, Primary Care (2021-01-23)
Newsletter – ABCMO News and Updates – January 2021 (2021-01-13)
Eight Steps to Ensure the Professional Standing of Optometry (2020-12-10)
Dying in a Leadership Vacuum (2020-10-09)
So You Want to be a Doctor? (2020-09-15)
Delivering Health Care at a Retail Clinic (2020-08-14)
The Continuing Evolution of Optometry (2020-07-30)
New Schools Will Add to Surplus of Optometrists (2020-07-22)
The Education Apocalypse (2019-10-10)
Optometry Schools Should Begin to Reduce Class Size (2019-10-03)
To Extinguish Burnout, Bring Back Physician Autonomy (2019-09-30)
Background Information – Article 19 – Maintenance of Certification (MOC) (2019-09-04)
Accept No Substitutes (2018-11-02)
Who Knows You Are Board Certified? (2018-11-02)
Dr. Charles F. Mullen Joins ABCMO as Special Advisor to the Board (2018-09-23)
Students, Debt and the Oversupply of Optometry Schools (2018-09-23)
Types of Optometry Practices in a Midwest Metropolitan Area (2018-08-22)
The Lewin National Survey of Optometrists (2018-08-22)
Optometry is Number One – A Tragedy of the Commons (2018-08-03)
The Optometry Surplus – A Review (2018-07-30)
Letters to the Editor About the Optometry Surplus (2018-07-10)
How the Diploma Deluge is Reshaping Optometry (2018-07-09)
How Medical Optometry Originated in DVA (2017-10-25)
The Future of Optometric Education (2017-09-21)
Medical Optometry Recognized by Credentialing Bodies (2017-03-08)
Medical Facilities Utilizing ABCMO Certification (2016-04-15)
Optometry Credentialing at Medical Facilities (2016-01-07)
VA Residency Supervision Requirements (2016-01-05)
Lewin Study Finds Large Optometry Surpluses (2014-10-15)
When is Enough Way Too Much? (2014-09-29)
Growing Optometry Surpluses (2014-06-14)
Types of Optometry Certification (2014-04-09)
A New Educational Model (2013-05-14)

Historical Archives (PDF Files, 1986-2014)

The following are in addition to an O.D. degree from an accredited North American school or college of optometry and a current state license to practice.

Residency: Completion of a full-time, ACOE (or equivalent) accredited, postgraduate clinical residency training program having major emphasis on medical optometry.

ACMO Exam: Passage of the Advanced Competence in Medical Optometry exam (or equivalent) offered by the National Board of Examiners in Optometry.

Practice: Documented significant practice of medical optometry for a minimum of two years immediately prior to application for certification.

The Practice requirement is waived in the two years immediately following residency training.

Complete Application and Requirements

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