At Grand Rounds, I listen to second-year students present interesting clinical cases. In the afternoons I usually continue watching lectures, attend Grand Rounds, or go to the clinic on Thursdays and Fridays. I usually prepare a few meals on the weekends ahead of time that I can reheat and eat throughout the week. This gives me a chance to take a little break from school. In the Clinical Skills Lab, we learn different parts of a comprehensive eye exam as well as other special procedures, such as foreign body removal, dilation and irrigation, and even double-vision evaluations.Īfter watching all my morning lectures or finishing in the Clinical Skills Lab, I take some time to sit down for lunch. This helps me to visualize, organize and make connections with the material. After watching and taking notes on a lecture, I take some time to make summary sheets that compile all my notes. Depending on the day, I will either start watching some of my lectures or head to the Elkins Park campus for Clinical Skills Lab on Thursdays.
The Accelerated Scholars program is relatively flexible, as many of our lectures are pre-recorded online. This not only gives me energy for the upcoming day, but it also gives me time to think about how I will organize my day. I always begin my mornings with breakfast. Generally, our weeks consist of lectures (both online and in person), Grand Rounds, clinical skills lab, and patient care clinic at The Eye Institute. While every day is different from the next in this Accelerated Scholars program, I have tried to develop a day-to-day routine. I will be sharing with you a typical day in my life as a first-year Scholars Student at the Pennsylvania College of Optometry. While one defense against age-related vision loss is a nutritious diet and a healthy lifestyle, regular comprehensive eye exams are essential in order to protect the health of your eyes and the quality of your vision.Hello! My name is Claire Chabin. Once the diagnosis has been confirmed, treatment to manage the condition and to slow the progression will be prescribed.Īccording to the National Eye Institute, over two million adults in the United States have age-related macular degeneration with that number expected to double within the next thirty years. If signs of the condition are found, additional tests to verify the diagnosis may be ordered.
Most people do not experience vision loss in the early stage of age-related macular degeneration and the progression can be slow and painless.Īn eye doctor can often detect early signs of macular degeneration before any symptoms are experienced.
While individuals with advanced cases of macular degeneration are considered legally blind as the result of a profound loss of central vision, their peripheral vision, which is less clear than central vision, is retained. Among the early signs of vision loss from macular degeneration, are shadowy areas in your central vision and unusually fuzzy or distorted vision. With macular degeneration, it becomes increasingly more difficult to perform daily tasks such as reading or writing as well as recognizing faces or colors. Over time it damages your capacity for sharp, central vision. Macular degeneration is a progressive disease that affects the cells in the back part of your eye, which allows you to visualize objects that are straight ahead.
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