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Here was a question raised by abs1 on another thread.. so I thought I"d move it to its own topic.
personally.. I would think there are too many OD's.. but I think the MAIN problem is all the OD's all want to live in the SAME cities. We can't all live in the Bay Area, New York, LA, or Chicago. There are still MANY rural areas screaming for doctors and they can't get any. I see posting on the optcom list all the time for small towns willing to pay OD's big money to move to their town. (and a lot of commercial places like Target looking to start up new stores) 😉
There are private schools like ICO that pump out almost 200 OD's a year. And you have to start wondering whether they truly have the interest of the profession or their wallets in mind.
Granted, they do have to cover the states that don't have optometry schools. But, it would be interesting to see how many graduates the seventeen schools put out every year vs. the number of OD jobs available every year. I don't think I"ve ever seen this analyzed anywhere.
What are y'alls thoughts????
personally.. I would think there are too many OD's.. but I think the MAIN problem is all the OD's all want to live in the SAME cities. We can't all live in the Bay Area, New York, LA, or Chicago. There are still MANY rural areas screaming for doctors and they can't get any. I see posting on the optcom list all the time for small towns willing to pay OD's big money to move to their town. (and a lot of commercial places like Target looking to start up new stores) 😉
There are private schools like ICO that pump out almost 200 OD's a year. And you have to start wondering whether they truly have the interest of the profession or their wallets in mind.
Granted, they do have to cover the states that don't have optometry schools. But, it would be interesting to see how many graduates the seventeen schools put out every year vs. the number of OD jobs available every year. I don't think I"ve ever seen this analyzed anywhere.
What are y'alls thoughts????