New Doctors of Optometry
With numerous resources, the AOA supports students and young doctors of optometry entering the profession.
During this transformative time, AOA members are equipped with professional guidance for an aspiring doctor of optometry, including valuable resources such as:
In-depth analysis and personal stories from doctors of optometry across the country on topics that matter most to the profession
AOA members automatically receive a 0.25% rate discount for maintaining their membership.
Young doctors: Find your career fit.
Contact Lens Rule bill gains senators’ backing after all-out advocacy campaign
Over 7,400 individual constituent letters were sent via AOA’s Action Center and countless phone calls placed to senators’ offices, in what represents the AOA’s largest advocacy campaign in recent history.
AOA spearheads conditions for evolution of telemedicine technology
AOA Board of Trustees adopts Oct. 16 recommendations of its Telehealth Council, which consulted leaders in the technology platform, artificial intelligence, and eye health and vision care in a nearly yearlong reimagination of the 2017 AOA policy.
Talking politics in the office? 3 things to keep in mind
Even if you’re choosing to disengage, today’s politics have a way of finding you. What are the ground rules for approaching political debates in the practice?