Here is a great open house video summary of the student life here at SCCO. This video was presented at this year's Spring Admissions Open House. Enjoy!
Sunday, May 9, 2010
A Taste of SCCO Student Life
A apologize for being M.I.A with my blogs. We basically have no more reading week, because now it is basically 2 weeks of finals. We have a clinical methods proficiency on Monday, a neurophysiology lab practical ( I've never had to memorize so many neuronal pathways that i didn't even know existed!), and our first final, clinical medicine. The week after we have ophthalmic optics, neurophysiology lecture, clinical methods, and psychophysics finals. Doesn't sound intimidating for you? Don't worry, they guarantee that it will only get worse from here. First year, is suppose to be the simplest out of the first three years. :( See you after finals!
Here is a great open house video summary of the student life here at SCCO. This video was presented at this year's Spring Admissions Open House. Enjoy!
Here is a great open house video summary of the student life here at SCCO. This video was presented at this year's Spring Admissions Open House. Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s33AINgoi
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Been awhile
Hi Guys,
It's been a busy month! Sorry I have not blogged in awhile. School is getting progressively difficult and I just want to stay on top of things:)
3 proficiencies: Lensometry (not hard), Schematic eye retinoscopy, and Case History
4 exams so far and still more to come...
I am counting down the days till summer break..our only summer break!
We had an amazing End of the Year Banquet @ Turnip Rose in Costa Mesa. Here are some photos!
It's been a busy month! Sorry I have not blogged in awhile. School is getting progressively difficult and I just want to stay on top of things:)
3 proficiencies: Lensometry (not hard), Schematic eye retinoscopy, and Case History
4 exams so far and still more to come...
I am counting down the days till summer break..our only summer break!
Friday, April 2, 2010
wow...what a week so far
WOW. This week we had 2 exams and a lab practical. I am surprisingly not feeling as stressed as I was during winter quarter. I guess because I have been keeping up with the lecture material. I know for sure the second round of midterms I will not feel as calm because I was unable to re-read each lecture while studying for the first midterms of the quarter and proficiencies. It WILL get harder...and I will stress later. haha.
Clinical Methods Lab
Today in lab we learned about manifest refraction. I did my first refraction in 20 minutes. It was a LONG grueling 20 minutes. Dr.Stark, my lab instructor, mentioned that explaining it would be difficult to understand, but actually applying the concept would be easier to understand. He was right, because I was trying to follow the manual and I got very lost! It was very exciting though! We have to manifest 3 of our classmates by the next lab session.
Clinical Methods Lab
Today in lab we learned about manifest refraction. I did my first refraction in 20 minutes. It was a LONG grueling 20 minutes. Dr.Stark, my lab instructor, mentioned that explaining it would be difficult to understand, but actually applying the concept would be easier to understand. He was right, because I was trying to follow the manual and I got very lost! It was very exciting though! We have to manifest 3 of our classmates by the next lab session.
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Extremely busy 2 weeks!
Hello eye bloggers!!!
It is going to be a rough two weeks! We just had our first psychophysics midterm, and our first proficiency. For our proficiency, we had to hand neutralize a pair of sphero-cylinder glasses and a pair of sphero-cylinder bifocal glasses in 25 minutes or less!!! I practiced so much I was seeing double!!! But it paid off because I did well!
It is going to be a rough two weeks! We just had our first psychophysics midterm, and our first proficiency. For our proficiency, we had to hand neutralize a pair of sphero-cylinder glasses and a pair of sphero-cylinder bifocal glasses in 25 minutes or less!!! I practiced so much I was seeing double!!! But it paid off because I did well!
I also wanted to mention that our school, SCCO is having it's annual Spring Admissions Open House on April 17th, 2010 from 8:30AM-12:30PM. If you would like to make your reservation please email Betty at bsanchez@scco.edu. This is a great opportunity to meet SCCO students and faculty and explore the campus!
These next two weeks we have 4 midterms, one lab practical and a clinical case , a visual acuity project, and a case hx proficiency!
We also are learning retinoscopy!!!! It was so exciting to use the phoropter for the first time!!!
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Spring Quarter so far....
Currently the c/o 2013 @ SCCO is learning hand neutralization and how to take a patient case history.
Case History
I was an optometric technician for 4 years, and I was almost always comfortable taking a case history. Taking a case history from a doctor's point of view is very different from what I was used to. My responses are phrases carefully, and I have attending and non-attending behaviors that I must be aware of. We have been practicing in clinical methods lab and outside of lab for our proficiency.
Hand Neutralization
During opthalmic optics lab, we have learned how to hand neutralize spherical lenses, sphero-cylindrical lenses, and bifocal lenses. It is not as easy as it looks. We get the joy of carrying our heavy trial lens cases around campus to the lab and home to practice for our proficiency next week! You feel like a real optometry student carrying your trial lens cases around; they are just really heavy. We practice neutralizing with a power cross, like the one in the photo below. This is a photo of a power cross image in my case.
Lastly, here is a photo from the Corona Vision Screening last Saturday. About 25-30% of our first year class participated in this vision screening. Vision screenings give you a lot of exposure and experience working with patients. It is such a different experience compared to when you were a technician. You are the one in the white coat ask the questions, case history, etc. You don't really do a lot of visual acuity testing, at least not at this screening. It was a great experience! I learned how to do a cover test with an occluder and a pupil response test with a penlight on the spot. We have not learned yet in school, but it was good to learn from the third years that Saturday!
I will try to keep y'all updated! We are starting to get back into our weekly midterms so I will try to post on the weekends.
Case History
I was an optometric technician for 4 years, and I was almost always comfortable taking a case history. Taking a case history from a doctor's point of view is very different from what I was used to. My responses are phrases carefully, and I have attending and non-attending behaviors that I must be aware of. We have been practicing in clinical methods lab and outside of lab for our proficiency.
Hand Neutralization
During opthalmic optics lab, we have learned how to hand neutralize spherical lenses, sphero-cylindrical lenses, and bifocal lenses. It is not as easy as it looks. We get the joy of carrying our heavy trial lens cases around campus to the lab and home to practice for our proficiency next week! You feel like a real optometry student carrying your trial lens cases around; they are just really heavy. We practice neutralizing with a power cross, like the one in the photo below. This is a photo of a power cross image in my case.
Lastly, here is a photo from the Corona Vision Screening last Saturday. About 25-30% of our first year class participated in this vision screening. Vision screenings give you a lot of exposure and experience working with patients. It is such a different experience compared to when you were a technician. You are the one in the white coat ask the questions, case history, etc. You don't really do a lot of visual acuity testing, at least not at this screening. It was a great experience! I learned how to do a cover test with an occluder and a pupil response test with a penlight on the spot. We have not learned yet in school, but it was good to learn from the third years that Saturday!
I will try to keep y'all updated! We are starting to get back into our weekly midterms so I will try to post on the weekends.
Friday, March 5, 2010
Hello Spring Quarter 2010!
This quarter has started off with many laughs, but exams will soon be knocking at our doors. I am so excited about this quarter!!! Here are the classes I am taking:
Clinical Medicine I & Lab
Clinical Methods I & Lab
Opthalmic Optics I & Lab
Neurophysiology & Lab
Visual Psychophysics I & Lab
We finally get to use all of the expensive equipment that we purchase in the previous quarters (i.e our trial lens sets, retinoscope, etc.).
Clinical Methods Lab
Today we learned about patient communication and how verbal and non-verbal language greatly impacts they way your patient understands you as a professional and as a doctor. It was very exciting!
I applied to SCCO with a lot of work experience, so it is nice to understand everything the first time around, especially for opthalmic optics! I worked for 4 years as an optometric technician and apprentice optician for one year. I feel my work experience provided a great foundation of business and optometric knowledge about the field. I became so motivated and inspired working with optometrists, that's why I'm in optometry school!
By the end of this quarter, our class will be able to refract! I am so excited!!!!
Clinical Medicine I & Lab
Clinical Methods I & Lab
Opthalmic Optics I & Lab
Neurophysiology & Lab
Visual Psychophysics I & Lab
We finally get to use all of the expensive equipment that we purchase in the previous quarters (i.e our trial lens sets, retinoscope, etc.).
Clinical Methods Lab
Today we learned about patient communication and how verbal and non-verbal language greatly impacts they way your patient understands you as a professional and as a doctor. It was very exciting!
I applied to SCCO with a lot of work experience, so it is nice to understand everything the first time around, especially for opthalmic optics! I worked for 4 years as an optometric technician and apprentice optician for one year. I feel my work experience provided a great foundation of business and optometric knowledge about the field. I became so motivated and inspired working with optometrists, that's why I'm in optometry school!
By the end of this quarter, our class will be able to refract! I am so excited!!!!
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Optos
Our school website has a link about a segment of Optos on the Dr. Oz show.
http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/dr-oz-goes-inside-eye
This helps inform the public about the machine and how you can find diseases and look at the brain through retinal imaging!
http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/dr-oz-goes-inside-eye
This helps inform the public about the machine and how you can find diseases and look at the brain through retinal imaging!
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