This episode has been adapted from Dr. Patricia Fulmer’s “A Basic Guide to Brilliantly Staffing Your Optometry Practice.” Staffing your optometry practice can be one of the most challenging responsibilities of running a practice, regardless of if you are starting from scratch or taking over an established clinic.

This article has been adapted from Dr. Canaan Montgomery’s “Creating Value: Are You Cultivating Loyal Patients?” If your patients would leave your care if you no longer accept insurance, whose practice have you really been building, yours or the insurance company’s?

This article is adapted from Kristin White’s “How To Open An Eye Clinic In A Community Health Center.” Working in a community health center can be the perfect mode of practice for optometrists seeking to practice within the medical model of optometry.

This article has been adapted from Dr. Kyna Veatch’s “Here Is How You Should Be Mediating Clinic Arguments." Conflict in the workplace can decrease productivity and waste valuable time and energy that you and your staff could otherwise focus on running a smoothly operating clinic. The burden of managing conflict falls on everyone within the office, and resolution should be a collective effort.

This episode has been adapted from the article "Dilation Is Routine, But Should It Be?" by Steve Turpin, and can be found online at NewGradOptometry. If one were to imagine a universe where optometrists didn't dilate, it would resemble a very bland episode of The Twilight Zone. But should dilation be routine? Why is it routine? In this episode we cover the history of and the science behind dilation.

This episode has been adapted from “Optometry Office Construction Fraud: 4 Rules To Prevent Your Worst Nightmare” by Bruce Colton, and can be found online at NewGradOptometry. Bruce Colton incorporated his first cold start optometry practice in a great location in 2016. Six months later he was facing bankruptcy and his practice hadn't even opened yet. Find out how this happened, and how you can avoid optometry office construction fraud.

This episode has been adapted from Steve Turpin's article on NewGradOptometry. There are a variety of ways to control the development and progression of myopia, and in this episode we cover some of the best options and the science behind them.

This episode has been adapted from the article "How To Effectively Build Patient Relationships" by Michael Hay, which can be found on NewGradOptometry. The profession of optometry has changed, and optometrists much change with it—including how we interact with our patients.