Reducing Student Loan Payments: Simple Strategies
If you are struggling to repay your student loans, you may have several options to … Read more
Optometry
Current and previous articles on optometry, pre-optometry, optometry school, and optometrist (OD) related topics. SDN publishes new articles, interviews, podcasts, and features every weekday.
The Student Doctor Network was founded by students in 1999 to help students become doctors. All articles are provided free as part of our nonprofit educational mission.
Articles are listed below in reverse date order:
Thinking of Online Shopping: Some Items for Success
Note: Student Doctor Network will receive an affiliate payment for purchases made via links in … Read more
Financial Management as a New Doctor: Where to Start
Congratulations to all the new doctors! You are all going to save a lot of … Read more
Act II: A Career in Healthcare After Being a Performer
When thinking about the life of a pre-health student, what comes to mind? Is it … Read more
Time to Protect Your Online Privacy
From savior to, in some people’s minds, perpetrator, as the pandemic has progressed, frontline health … Read more
How Healthcare Equity Impacts Patient Care
As an undergraduate studying health education, I was first exposed to the lack of equity … Read more
It Pays to Be an Early (Financial) Bird
Updated October 5, 2021. The article was updated to correct minor grammatical errors and to … Read more
Let’s Talk About Your Financial Health
As a medical student or medical-student-to-be, I’m guessing you were one of the best readers … Read more
SDN Adds Optometry Guide to “How To” Admissions Series
The Student Doctor Network has published a new admissions guide for students: How to Get … Read more
Get It Before It’s Too Late: Disability Insurance
“What the [bleep] are you doing!? Don’t risk injuring your hands! We’re surgeons for goodness … Read more
Legal Matters: Joining a Board
Congratulations! You have graduated from residency and are establishing yourself in your local community. Now … Read more
Beyond the ICD code: How to better interact with patients with disabilities
Disabilities The Centers for Disease Control defines disability as “any condition of the body or … Read more
Campus Dorm Resident Assistants Adjust to a New Role: COVID Cop
Originally published on Kaiser Health News, October 6, 2020 Breaking up parties, confiscating booze and … Read more
Colleges’ Opening Fueled 3,000 COVID Cases a Day, Researchers Say
by Michael McAuliff. Originally published by KHN.org on September 23, 2020. Reopening colleges drove a … Read more
Legal Matters: Employment Contract Basics
You have worked hard through college, medical school, and your residency. Now you can see … Read more
Addressing COVID-19 in Application Essays
This application cycle, many healthcare professional school applications have been affected by COVID-19. Many professions … Read more
Shopping List for Back to Virtual School Success
Classes will be starting soon, but for many students, the COVID-19 pandemic may have resulted … Read more
SDN Editorial Board Accepting Applications
SDN strives to publish high-quality feature articles to serve as a resource for our membership … Read more
How to Get Legal Help
As you move along your journey to become a medical professional, eventually you are going … Read more
Underrepresented in Healthcare
Defining who is considered an underrepresented minority (URM), the frequent obstacles they face, and how … Read more