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Optometrists’ role in helping children succeed: Pediatric Practical
This past week, my fellow third years and I had a practical unlike any other. Usually, practicals are done by individual students and can feel stressful. This practical was in groups of five or six. It wasn’t very stressful, and our patients were children between the ages of 6 and 12. You may be wondering, “What is the big difference between doing VAs and normal tests on children versus adults?” but we were not practicing day-to-day tests on these kids. Instead, the tests wer