MCO Students And Summer Employment.

Optometry is a rapidly growing and expanding profession. With therapeutics laws passed in nearly all fifty states and the ever broadening scope of optometric specialty fields it is an exciting field to be entering. However, with this expansion and growth comes the increased difficulties of preparing optometric students so that they will be prepared to successfully enter the field of their profession after a mere four years of optometry school. The curriculum struggle continues as colleges try to add in the new expanding scope knowledge and skills without neglecting the more traditional and just as necessary aspects of optometry. One of the ways that practitioners can help students become prepared for these challenges and thus help ensure the future of optometry is by hiring first and second year optometry students and giving them the necessary hands-on training they need to become proficient in their skills, allowing them to see the challenges an optometrist faces, and giving them the chance to improve their people skills by working with patients coming into the practice.