The Massachusetts Optometric Clinic is tical student at the Massachusetts School of Optometry. Here, the student makes his first contact with the out-patient, who desires needed visualcare. Through this relationship, the student soon learns how his academic knowledge can be applied on a clinical level. The interne can become acquainted with the various instruments used in the optometric field, so he can skillfully select those which are adapted to his desire and preference. In addition, the embryonic optometrist is afforded the opportunity to develop the professional standards with which he must conduct his own practice, and, after consideration of the patient’s complaints, to determine whether the patient’s eye manifestations require optical, medical, or psychological atten
Our first association with the clinic occurred in the freshman year, when we visited it in the capacity of patients. We were amazed and secretly frightened upon observing the senior internes so adeptly and confidently proceeding with the examination. The maze of instrumentation left us in a dither, and we secretly doubted our ability to replace these examiners in the short space of two years. The confusing optometric terminology confidently spoken by the examiner and his assistant added little consolation to our futile plight, and we were relieved to leave the clinic with our Physics and Math books
As sophomores, we were finally permitted behind the “Iron Curtain” to delve into the
rnetric Clinic performs an invaluable service to every optometric student. Through this medium, the theoretic and book conscious
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