Professional Development
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8413 Powerful Lessons that Can Transform Your Career If Learned Early
Key lessons for new grads and seasoned ODs alike.
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2.3KThe All-Star Team of Experts that Enabled My New Practice to Grow 30% Annually
Getting the guidance you need when launching a new practice.
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621Six Degrees of Optometric Separation: My Most Powerful Professional Networking
By Benjamin Kachelman, OD April 21, 2021 Professional networking can take you to new heights as an optometrist. You can meet people...
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1.1KWhy & How I Got Certified As an OD to Administer COVID-19 Vaccinations
By Margaret L. Gibson, OD April 14, 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic is the most devastating international crisis most people alive today have...
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3.8KDiversity, Equity & Inclusion: The Industry Partner Helping My Practice Do Much Better
Promoting diversity, equity & inclusion in optometry--and in your own practice.
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653How I Became an OD & Learned to Optimize Forks in the Road
One OD's path to optometry & what it teaches about the value of flexibility.
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4.1K5 Red Flags of an Unethical Employer
What to look out for to ensure your practice is ethical.
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1.5KThe Best Employer for Me: 3 ODs Share How they Found their Ideal Workplace
ODs explain how they found the employer they had been looking for.
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1.6KMy 3 Greatest Leadership Challenges & Solutions
Managing leadership challenges to better serve patients & become more profitable.
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1.8K4 Reasons for an OD to Consider Fill-In Work
The perhaps surprising benefits of working as a fill-in OD.
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1.9KThe 3 Best CE Courses I Took During the Lockdown
By Benjamin Kachelman, OD Oct. 28, 2020 The pandemic, with the accompanying lockdowns of the spring, has been trying. One of the...
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2.2K6 Steps to Become a Chief Vision Officer
Why I am a "chief vision officer," and not a "president" or "CEO."
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1.9K3 Keys to Thriving in the New Work Environment Created by COVID-19
Tips for succeeding in our pandemic-impacted workplace.
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1.7K10 Activities to De-Stress During COVID-19 Closures
Tips for relaxing in the heat of the crisis.
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1.3KStudent Debt Forgiveness: Is It the Key to Saving Independent Optometry?
The link between debt forgiveness & the future of independent optometry.
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1.4K4 Mid-Career Crisis Turnaround Strategies
Tips for making it through an optometric mid-career slump.
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SPECIAL REPORT: Achieving Independent Practice Success
Private Practice Decisions The stakes often feel so high for private practice owners, whether they are early-career ODs, those looking to grow...
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1.6K3 Valuable Lessons I Have Learned From Other ODs
A few great insights one OD gained from colleagues.
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7.5K5 Ways to Avoid OD Burnout
Tips for staying fresh & passionate about your work.
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3.2K6 Myths About Working with Ophthalmologists
The sometimes surprising benefits of working in an OD-MD practice.
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3.9KThe Bright Side of Multitasking: How to Make it Work for You
Learning how to make the best of multitasking.
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2.0KOptometry’s Got This: Addressing the Global Crisis in Eyecare
The lead ODs are taking to solve the global eye health crisis.
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2.2KROB Roundup: Motherhood as an OD
Stories from three working OD mothers.
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1.7KWhy Patients Ignore the Obvious: A Documentary about an Indonesian OD Sheds Light
Why patients sometimes choose their own path.
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1.5KHooray for Single-Tasking!
The many benefits of concentrated focus.
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6.6KThe Advantages & Challenges of Practicing Optometry in a Hospital
What you have to gain by working in a hospital.
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3.0KThe OD Meetings I Attend & How I Use Them to Become More Profitable
How one OD optimizes professional meetings.
