CAUSES OF VISUAL IMPAIRMENT IN CENTRAL REGION OF GHANA OVENSERI-OGBOMO‚ G O† KIO‚ F E‡ & MORNY‚ E K# † OD Department of Optometry‚ University of Cape Coast‚ Ghana ‡ B.Sc‚ OD Department of Optometry‚ University of Benin‚ Nigeria # B. Sc Department of Optometry‚ University of Cape Coast‚ Ghana CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Ovenseri-Ogbomo‚ G O Department of Optometry‚ University of Cape Coast‚ Ghana Email: oveseriogbomo@yahoo.com Tel: +233 243 462 912. ABSTRACT Background Visual impairment
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exceed the expectations of others. The field of optometry is continuously advancing as an aging population relies on us to provide the best care in maintaining vision health. I expect to learn and grow even more from my experiences while becoming an optometrist. Since shadowing with Dr. Dunlap at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center‚ I look forward to finding a job within a hospital or clinic in which I would be specialized in a certain area of optometry. Dr. Dunlap not only prescribed contacts and
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After an undergraduate finishes college‚ they now need to go to an optometry program which will last for four years. 2. “You really have to put your problem-solving skills to work to diagnose a vision disorder‚ because as experience has taught me‚ the solution is rarely obvious‚” says Illinois optometrist David Goss. 3. There are many areas that an optometrist can specialize in. Some areas include: environmental eye care‚ vision rehabilitation‚ pediatric optometrist‚ and sports vision. 4. Environmental
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The importance of Mathematics in everyday life By Laure Gouba African Institute for Mathematical Sciences 6 Melrose Road‚ Muizenberg 7945‚ South Africa 06 May 2008 Importance of Mathematics in everyday life Slide 2 Quotes about Mathematics 1. “Education should be started with mathematics. For it forms well designed brains that are able to reason right. It is even admitted that those who have studied mathematics during their childhood should be trusted‚ for they have acquired solid
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my vision change. Sometimes my uncle would let me in the back of the store‚ he would show me all the machines and tools for the eye and from that moment on I always had a passion for optometry. Of course throughout the years when people asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up I would not answer with “Optometry” because no one knew what it meant and it sounded silly to children. But as my Uncle Robert W. Aube Jr fatefully passed away due to a three year
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As seen in photo #2‚ David Vanderlinde is an Optometrist (OD) who works in Walmart’s Vision Center. Optometry is the practice or profession of examining the eyes for visual defects and prescribing corrective lenses. Some Optometrists also provide low vision care and vision therapy. Unlike Physical Therapists‚ Optometrists can prescribe certain medications to patients to treat eye problems and diseases (e.g. cataracts‚ burning eyes‚ dry eye)‚ as well as diagnosing patients with diseases or disabilities
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of the macula and optic nerve using a Fundus camera and scans using an OCT machine. I also learned to administer both VEP and Pattern ERG Electrodiagnostic tests. Although I know what I have been exposed just scratches the surface in the field of optometry‚ I am
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meteorology. B. oceanography. C. environmental science. D. marine biology. 3. The five major areas of the study of Earth science are A. astronomy‚ meteorology‚ geology‚ oceanography‚ and optometry. B. biology‚ physical science‚ chemistry‚ physics‚ and optometry. C. chemistry‚ geology‚ oceanography‚ optometry‚ and philosophy. D. astronomy‚ meteorology‚ geology‚ oceanography‚ and environmental science. 4. Which of the following is not an example of a mineral crystal shape? A. Pyrite B. Quartz
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that use trigonometry‚ they think of the most ideal or stereotyped jobs such as: aerospace engineers‚ architects‚ and construction workers. However‚ there are many more applications of trigonometry than one may think. One of these “obscure” jobs is optometry. Optometrists‚ the main providers of vision care‚ use trigonometry almost everyday. Specifically‚ trigonometry is commonly used in the form of fitting glasses to someone’s face. In order to fit the glasses properly to a person’s face‚ optometrists
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The education to become an optometrist is only a couple of years. Even though the price for the education is high in the end it will be worth it‚ “The hardest part is the cost of education is high‚ and the starting salaries are still low” (“Optometry As a Career”). Many subjects are needed to know to be able to do this
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