I practiced optometry for 30 years before joining the admin team here at MBKU. Nobody loves this profession more than I do. It has provided me with community, relationships, work-life balance allowing me to raise a family, mental stimulation, but above all, a true calling where I enjoyed the […]
Here’s an example of how MBKU’s optometry students are involved in community service even in their very first year… MBKU’s Southern California College of Optometry doctors administered 1,298 eye exams to those in need at the annual Care Harbor event in Los Angeles. Care Harbor LA, an annual […]
Two students who have just finished up their first year and have taken the time to pause and reflect on the experience. Cynthia Palma completed her bachelor’s degree at Cal Poly Pomona and Michael Jitosho completed his at UC San Diego. Both have taken this time to write […]
A question I often get from pre-optometry students is, “How can I get more involved with optometry before I actually start optometry school?” The American Optometric Association (AOA) is optometry’s national political organization that works to advance the profession. Optometry has come a long way in its 110+ […]
SCCO’s clinical program gets a lot of attention. Because of its scope and strength, potential students quickly identify with it as one of our program’s best features. For some reason I’ve never understood, potential students think somehow that if a program is strong clinically, it must reciprocally not […]
Susan Cotter, O.D., M.S., FAAO, is a professor and clinician scientist at the Southern California College of Optometry (SCCO) at Marshall B. Ketchum University, where she teaches as both a classroom and clinical educator, and she also performs clinical research. After training at the Illinois College of Optometry, she […]
Another terrific resource for SCCO students! Here’s the press release about the newly installed NBEO Mock Exam Room: In March 2014, in recognition and celebration of the 110th year anniversary of the Southern California College of Optometry at Marshall B. Ketchum University, graduates and friends of SCCO at […]
For all optometry school applicants who are in the process of writing their personal statements, this article will help. I highly endorse its wisdom. After Maggie shares tips on how to write a memorable and winning essay, included at the end of this article is the very essay […]
SCCO is dedicated to excellence in clinical education. As such, part of that excellence comes in empowering the clinician with skills that will help him or her be successful when it comes to wearing the two hats of being both a doctor and running a business. SCCO’s Private […]
I came across this article on Monster.com. Michael Neece makes six concise points about interviewing that has relevance to an applicant interview. I formatted this article so that my comments appear after each point made by its author: Six Interview Mistakes by Michael Neece, Monster.com, Contributing Writer #1 Confusing an Interview with […]
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