As we continue our series on student mission trips through SVOSH, we share the stories that came from Northestern State University’s Oklahoma College of Optometry. CooperVision is proud to sponsor these trips at every school and college of optometry in the U.S. that has an SVOSH chapter.
CooperVision sponsored 31 Cornea, Contact Lenses and Refractive Technologies resident travel fellowships this year. The fellowship awards allowed contact lens residents from around the country to attend the Academy of Optometry meeting in San Antonio, November 7-10, 2018.
In our ongoing series on the student experiences from SVOSH trips, we hear this month from Taylor and Kevin, both optometry students at the Michigan College of Optometry at Ferris State. CooperVision is proud to support SVOSH programs at every school and college of optometry in North America. Check back next month for another amazing SVOSH story.
In this second article in our SVOSH series, Adia, a student from the Inter American University School of Optometry in Puerto Rico, shares her experience on a recent trip to the Dominican Republic and their extended efforts on their own island in the wake of Hurricane Maria. CooperVision is proud to support the efforts of every student VOSH chapter in North America.
Read about MCO student Luke’s lifechanging experience on a recent SVOSH trip in the first of a monthly series focused on the good our SVOSH students are doing around the globe.
A few months ago, ECP Viewpoints brought you the story of the incredible work that the students and faculty at The Ohio State University College of Optometry are doing to improve the lives of the less fortunate with the CooperVision Adopt-a-Patient® Program. Recently, we’ve had two more letters relaying the profound effect this program has had on the lives of patients from around the country.
CooperVision sponsored the AOA-CLCS Residency Forum for incoming and outgoing contact lens residents for the sixth straight year. The event took place in St. Louis on April 27-28.
The CooperVision Student Ambassador program can provide insights not only into the contact lens industry but also on what to expect from contact lens education for students who are earlier in their optometry school journey. Here’s what University of Missouri St Louis College of Optometry student Lacie Spagnola had to say about her experience with the student ambassador program so far.
CooperVision’s North America Professional and Academic Affairs team hosted a meeting for contact lens educators from the Schools and Colleges of Optometry across North America. The meeting was held in conjunction with the Global Specialty Lens Symposium in Las Vegas on January 25, 2018.
The Adopt-a-Patient® program allows optometry students during their clinical rotation to give back to their communities by "adopting" a deserving patient who lacks the necessary resources to purchase contact lenses. Two clinicians form The Ohio State University discuss its impact.