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24 Cards in this Set
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McAllister |
1783. - basket of glasses, first US optical firm |
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James Prentice |
(Father of charles). Wrote Opthalmic Lenses |
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Charles Prentice |
* NY optical society -> AA of opticians -> AOA 1898 |
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Father of Modern optometry
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Charles Prentice |
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1901 |
MN licensure law |
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MN licensure law |
1901 |
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Grand Old Man of Optometry |
Andrew Cross |
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Andrew Cross |
Grand Old Man of Optometry. - believed education advanced optometry, not legislation |
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Father of Behavioral Optometry |
AM Skeffington |
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what did Borish do? |
wrote Clinical Refraction, formed Indiana University School of Optometry |
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Father of the Four-Year Degree |
Charles Sheard |
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What did PA supreme court decide? When? |
optometry is a separate calling from medicine. 1920s |
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when did the horrible article happen? |
* 1937: Reader's digest "Optometry on Trial"
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year of National Board of Examiners in Optometry? |
1951 |
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What happened in 1951 |
National Board of Examiners in Optometry was formed |
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what happened in the 1960s? |
PA first bill to authorize diagnostic pharmaceuticals |
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what happened in the 70s? |
COVD formed Therapeutic drugs introduced in North Carolina |
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What decade was COVD formed? |
70s |
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what happened in 1992? |
First Georgetown conference - summit on optometric education |
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In what year was First Georgetown conference - summit on optometric education? |
1992 |
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when did Oklahoma and Kentucky get laser privileges? |
OK in 1998, Kentucky in 2011 |
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when was the American board of Optometry fromed? |
2009 |
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what formed in 2009? |
American board of Optometry |
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When was optometry recognized as primary health care by federal government? |
2010 |
