The Clipboard Crutch.

The "clipboard crutch" originated as a result of several causes. The primary cause
derived from seeing similar clipboards and smaller palm sized "pocket guides" containing
information on different topics and from talking with classmates. A general consensus
was that a "cheater" clipboard, devised to be taken into the clinic, could be a big help.
However, of the examples we had seen, none seemed to provide a full scope of helpful
information from all areas of optometry. Therefore, the clipboard crutch was born!
The goal of the crutch was to be able to produce a clipboard with enough useful
information that second and third year students would want to take it into their beginning
clinical experiences. It was to act as a "crutch" containing various important information
and also that information deemed by instructors and students to be the most likely
forgotten in the clinical environment.