Books!

[Ediddy]

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In school we are ask to buy a lot of books. Some will help for the class and others, I'm told, I will be using for as long as I'm in practice. Most of these 'required' books for school have been about ocular or systemic pathology, and not much, if any, books about practice managment or billing/coding. Thus far, I've chosen the thifty route and have only bought a few books (most are rather pricey to be buying with borrowed money).

My question for the practicing Optometrists is which books are, or have been, a must have for you? And, how do you continue to learn and improve your practice of optometry?


thanks

 

[Meibomian SxN]

...My question for the practicing Optometrists is which books are, or have been, a must have for you? And, how do you continue to learn and improve your practice of optometry?


thanks

Every school has required & recommended books for each course. I rarely bought any of them. Some that I did keep and are definitely keepers:

Clinical Management of Binocular Vision: Heterophoric, Accommodative, and Eye Movement Disorders by Dr. Mitchell Scheiman

Wills Eye Manual (4th or 5th edition)

The Mass. Eye & Ear Manual

Kanski Clinical Ophthalmology: **for an inexpensive desk reference**

Clinical Procedures for Ocular Examinationby Daniel Kurtz

If you still had money left over, the Wills Eye Cornea, Retina, Neuro & Peds series (4 individual books) are nice too 😉

As for LASIK, contacts, surgery pre/post ops, etc; the books are typically filled with history etc. Not enough meat. Your notes are your best starting point. I also make notes and save informative articles that I may come across. This is especially true with billing & coding!

Good luck