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Peer reviewedBrajkovich, Helen L. – Journal of School Health, 1980
The most commonly used chart for testing eye acuity is the Snellen Chart, developed more than 100 years ago. A description is given of the way this chart works, its uses, and its limitations. (JD)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Optometrists, Optometry, Vision Tests
Peer reviewedPeters, Henry B. – Journal of Optometric Education, 1979
The critical issue of manpower in optometry is discussed in terms of widespread shortages and the decline in the number of applicants for admission to schools of optometry. (JMF)
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Enrollment Projections, Enrollment Trends, Higher Education
Download full textWestern Interstate Commission for Higher Education, Boulder, CO. – 1980
This final report summarizes work performed by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) to develop a plan to regionalize optometric education in the western states. WICHE worked closely with a project advisory committee and the region's three schools of optometry to develop a regional plan. Personnel supply and demand in the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational Cooperation, Geographic Distribution, Higher Education
Dorn, Wesley N.; And Others – 1974
Concern about the adequacy of existing optometry schools to meet the needs and demands for optometric education in the South prompted a study, to result in a proposal for expansion of education in the field. The results showed that there is a shortage of optometrists in each of the 14 states of the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) region,…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Contracts, Educational Assessment, Educational Demand
