The Illinois College of Optometry Student Blog

Like many students, I worked at an optical for several years before I came to ICO. I was actually working at my father’s practice. I started out doing entrance testing. This included VA’s, stereopsis, color vision screening, etc.- basically, a decent portion of the tests we learned our first year. After being an exam technician for a couple of years, I moved out to the front desk and worked with insurances, billing, scheduling appointments, etc. During my last year of work, I

It’s week four of the quarter and the amount of factual information we’ve received and practical skills we’ve learned so far is extensive. The days are longer this quarter, with classes from afternoon through the evening. The ocular anatomy lecture meets for five or more hours each week. Mornings are filled with one of four commitments: PAP observations and labs for optometry, ocular anatomy and vision science. We’ve had two weeks of optometry lab thus far, coupled with addit