Student Life Blogs

5/30/14

The Beginning of Externs!

Okay, let’s start with some highly anticipated news…I passed Part 1 of Boards!!! Can you believe it!? The past three years have been so busy balancing both my academics and my leadership endeavors, passing this exam has been a real time-management-icing-on-the-cake-feat. Even more exciting is that my classmate, Jessica Haynes, achieved THE HIGHEST SCORE NATIONALLY on Part 1! She outscored over 1600 students–what an achievement! My classmates did really well on this first of three Boards exam... Read More

Posted by Amy Dunbar at 5/30/14

5/28/14

Bonjou! Haiti Mission Trip

Above Photo Compliments of 3rd year, Angela Han, FCO Haiti Mission Trip 2014 Bonjou Blogosphere, Each year SCO’s Fellowship of Christian Optometrists organizes a week-long medical optometry mission trip, and this year I was fortunate to participate in the mission trip to Les Cayes, Haiti. I’m excited to share with you all my experience. Not only did the we, the student optometrists, provide full eye exams–diagnosing disease and treating conditions like dry eye syndrome and conjunctivi... Read More

Posted by Amy Dunbar at 5/28/14

5/19/14

To Capitol Hill Optometry Goes!

Greetings from Capitol Hill, blogosphere! Washington D.C. is truly my favorite city–the rich history of the city gets me every time. Being here makes me even more excited for my externship rotation at Walter Reed VAMC in Spring 2015! So what brings me to this amazing city once again? None other than the annual AOA Congressional Advocacy Conference! This is my third CAC…I guess you can say I’m an old pro by now ;) As you may recall CAC brings together students, optometrists, and state le... Read More

Posted by Amy Dunbar at 5/19/14

5/8/14

Our last summer ever!

Happy summer from one happy member of the Class of 2017! It’s hard to believe that we’re already done with our first year of optometry school and are a few days into our “last summer ever.” I figured this would be a good time to recap my experiences as a first year student to summarize what can be expected. When I first moved to Memphis from the Houston area, I was worried that the transition from college in my home state to optometry school in a new state might be a tough one. Luckily, SCO... Read More

Posted by Amy Dunbar at 5/8/14

5/7/14

Goodbye 3rd year, Hello Externs!

And that’s a wrap, Blogosphere! Third year is officially complete, which means my fourth and final year of optometry school is here (oh.my.goodness!). Part 1 of boards is done, I attended my last lecture ever (but I somehow think I’ll find myself in the lecture hall one day again!), and now I’ve turned in my last final exam ever!! All that separates me from Graduation May 2015 is a mission trip to Haiti, my externships at SCO, Kentucky (time to get laser-certified, folks!), and Walter Reed ... Read More

Posted by Amy Dunbar at 5/7/14