Tag: stress
The Great Retirement May Be Coming in Optometry
Based on the results of a combined Women In Optometry/Review of Optometric Business Poll, the optometric profession could be in for a wave of...
ODs Share Retirement Strategies and Worries in Latest Poll
According to a recent WO Poll, more than 60% of respondents plan on retiring in 10 years or less. The majority of the respondents...
Test Anxiety Is a Thing: Two Doctors Bring Support to the...
Even the best students can struggle with taking tests. When it comes to the high-stakes and costly optometry boards, the stress is extra. Camille...
Keep Your Own Cup Full– Avoiding Burnout
Before even completing her first year in practice, Nishan Pressley, OD, who also goes by Dr. Nish, felt the burnout. She always had a...
In a Busy World, Prioritize Self-Care
Taylor Greaves is a full-time student at SUNY College of Optometry, in the heart of “the city that never sleeps.” She’s always been a...
Mindfulness: OD Explains How She Tries to Get There
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, but Meagan Herring, OD, FAAO, CHHP, wants her patients and community to be “mindful” all the time. She’s created...
Closed for Lunch?
By Marjolijn Bijlefeld
I got a text message yesterday; maybe you did, too, recently. It said that the pharmacy department at my local CVS might...
Stress Levels Higher Than Usual, Poll Respondents Share
As COVID-19 continues to be prevalent, Women In Optometry (WO) checked in on its readers’ emotional state.
A majority of the respondents (63.3 percent) shared...
Four Ways to Fight Burnout — and Win
By Andi Simon, Ph.D.
I always look forward to reading McKinsey’s Women in the Workplace research. This is the seventh year it has been collected, and the data compiles survey...
