Fifty years ago, the American Optometric Association chose to adopt the medical model and conduct themselves as primary care practitioners. Over time, this fateful decision has become entrenched. It has also necessitated the teaching of pathology in the curriculum at the expense of other core areas of optometry previously considered essential to its lifeblood. In …

The term "visionary" has multiple connotations that couldn’t be further from one another both in terms of their meaning or purpose. A visionary can be someone with intelligent foresight who shares a compelling viewpoint of the future. It can refer to someone more spiritual, something that a prophet or poet could imagine or see through ...