{"title":"Optometry and the Department of Veterans Affairs","authors":"R. Newcomb","doi":"10.14434/hindsight.v51i3.31067","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14434/hindsight.v51i3.31067","url":null,"abstract":"This paper discusses the history of optometry in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), starting from minimum involvement and developing into an extensive level of activity benefiting both the profession of optometry and the VA. The author also recounts experiences which led him to a career in optometric education and work in VA optometry.","PeriodicalId":377268,"journal":{"name":"Hindsight: Journal of Optometry History","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124051613","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
W. H. Mcalister, J. L. Weaver, Jerry D. Davis, Jeff Newsom
{"title":"Military Optometry from World War I to the Present","authors":"W. H. Mcalister, J. L. Weaver, Jerry D. Davis, Jeff Newsom","doi":"10.14434/hindsight.v51i3.31044","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14434/hindsight.v51i3.31044","url":null,"abstract":"Optometry has made significant contributions to the United States military for over a century. Assuring good vision and eye health of soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines is critical to maximizing the military functions necessary to achieve victory. There was little organization or recognition of the profession in World War I, but optometrists were essential in achieving the mission. Recognition of the profession of optometry was still limited in World War II but it was improving, especially with commissioning as officers occurring in the Navy. Through the Korean and Vietnam Wars, optometry grew in stature and strength with all services eventually commissioning all optometrists, and Army optometrists were assigned to combat divisions. Continuing through the more recent conflicts in the middle east, the profession has continued to make an impact and has become an essential part of the armed forces of the United States. Doctors of optometry are now an integral part of the Department of Defense. The nation cannot field an effective fighting force today without the dedicated performance of these officers.","PeriodicalId":377268,"journal":{"name":"Hindsight: Journal of Optometry History","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130817979","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Observations on Optometry in the Veteran's Administration from an Optometric Educator's Perspective","authors":"J. F. Amos","doi":"10.14434/hindsight.v51i3.31038","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14434/hindsight.v51i3.31038","url":null,"abstract":"This invited address was presented at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the National Association of Veteran’s Administration Optometrists (NAVAO), Thursday, October 24, 2019, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Orlando, FL. This paper discusses medicine, dentistry, and optometry’s entry into the Veteran’s Administrations System as well as optometry’s many challenges to become an Optometry Service. It also reviews the many challenges the profession has faced as it has endeavored to increase the number of VA optometry staff positions and the educational experience of optometry students, residents and fellows in providing eye care for America’s veterans.","PeriodicalId":377268,"journal":{"name":"Hindsight: Journal of Optometry History","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124365390","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"From the Editor","authors":"D. Goss","doi":"10.14434/hindsight.v52i1.32311","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14434/hindsight.v52i1.32311","url":null,"abstract":"Editorial from David Goss, OD, PhD about the second military optometry issue.","PeriodicalId":377268,"journal":{"name":"Hindsight: Journal of Optometry History","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133293963","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"From the Editor","authors":"D. Goss","doi":"10.14434/hindsight.v51i4.31556","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14434/hindsight.v51i4.31556","url":null,"abstract":"The editor introduces the topics of this special issue on optometric education. ","PeriodicalId":377268,"journal":{"name":"Hindsight: Journal of Optometry History","volume":"166 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121251405","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"In Her Own Words","authors":"Libby I. Sukoff, A. Thau","doi":"10.14434/hindsight.v51i1.29142","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14434/hindsight.v51i1.29142","url":null,"abstract":"This memoir, written by Libby I. Sukoff, O.D. and edited by Andrea P. Thau, O.D., both of New York, chronicles Dr. Sukoff’s life and more than six-decade career in optometry. Dr. Thau has included an introduction describing the personal and professional relationship she has with the author. This article has been annotated by Kirsten Hébert, contributing editor.","PeriodicalId":377268,"journal":{"name":"Hindsight: Journal of Optometry History","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114875987","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Century of Continuing Education","authors":"K. Hebert","doi":"10.14434/hindsight.v50i4.28037","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14434/hindsight.v50i4.28037","url":null,"abstract":"2019 marks the 100th anniversary of the American Optometric Association’s first Department of Education and the launch of its first distance learning program. This article traces the evolution of the AOA’s distance continuing education strategy over the last century, highlighting three generations of educational technology and modes of delivery the association has employed: textual materials by mail, audiovisual media through library loan, and interactive digital modules over the world wide web. The author also explores the relationship between the warfare and the development of educational technology and pedagogy at each stage of development and introduces the reader to the AOA’s newest iteration of its distance learning web portal,EyeLearn.™","PeriodicalId":377268,"journal":{"name":"Hindsight: Journal of Optometry History","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127516034","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"New England College of Optometry At 125","authors":"Heather Edmonds, M. Garston","doi":"10.14434/hindsight.v50i4.28033","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14434/hindsight.v50i4.28033","url":null,"abstract":"The New England College of Optometry in Boston turns 125 years old in 2019. Throughout its existence, the institution has undertaken several initiatives that changed the profession of optometry both in the United States and globally. The most significant of these are detailed in this history.","PeriodicalId":377268,"journal":{"name":"Hindsight: Journal of Optometry History","volume":"76 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133543065","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"From the Editor","authors":"D. Goss","doi":"10.14434/hindsight.v50i4.28030","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14434/hindsight.v50i4.28030","url":null,"abstract":"The editor introduces the topics covered in the themed issue and summarizes the history of the development and growth of the schools and colleges of optometry. This editorial includes a list of the 23 extant institutions.","PeriodicalId":377268,"journal":{"name":"Hindsight: Journal of Optometry History","volume":"92 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126187345","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}