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My two cents, but ask the specialists that the cataract surgeon refers out to, especially those that handle their complications. We often have an inkling of who we don't want doing our phaco if we need it done.

I wouldn't necessarily let the latter affect your decision. The demographic cliff is going to be an issue for most fields that's not pediatrics, OBGYN, or psychiatry.

Personally I think the low hanging fruit (refractions, screenings) will involve AI in a significant way. I don't think it'll replace ODs in the immediate future, but I am willing to wager in 5-10 years it's going to take demand away from the number of ODs needed. The argument from years past...

I can comment on the academic side. If you're in a tenure track, you can typically transfer your title over. If you're on the clinical track, it varies on the institution but unless your resume is impressive you're busted back down to associate professor. In terms of salary/revenue it doesn't...

Doesn’t matter, it’s not about access to care really, it’s about expanding the pipeline of procedures optometrists can perform to help optometry colleges keep up enrollment numbers ($$$). Most current ODs don’t want the privileges, it’s the future ones. We’ve seen this with APPs/other mid...

Based on what I saw from the Mid Year Forum update (I wasn't there but someone shared the slides with me), I think scope expansion is inevitable. PE now has a vested interest in scope expansion and there's still too much lethargy in the general ophthalmology community against it. To me it's...

Are you doing this to get into a fellowship? Or for fun or to determine if a certain specialty is for you? How do you even have time to do so?

With step 1 now P/F and Step 2 not something that has to be taken prior to the match, the statistics might be too murky to make anything useful out of it. As taking Step 2 before interviews become more common place hopefully we should start getting better statistics.

Wanna be an ophthalmologist? Get used to it. *laughs in written and oral boards tears/resident clinic. Also to that point, it's just like olympic gymnastics - you know the basics of how things are gonna get graded, but good luck having a judge explain their score to the decimal to you. The...

We do use them, that's all I can say. Can't give away the secret recipe.

I agree completely and the stats to me kinda show what I've been saying a lot. More applications do not increase your chances at a certain point. Interestingly the interview numbers seem about the same as in person (in person you need an average of 10 to match), and your first shot is your...

It might help but it’s more helpful if you have an interview. Residents and fellows usually aren’t that involved in the initial selection process for an interview.

In general, yes. South/east coast programs below Maryland and Midwest programs may be your best bet. Wouldn’t hurt to do a California rotation, just understand these are highly coveted and competitive spots, and you need to one of the best applicants in your program or have a strong connection...

Sure, I’ll stand corrected this year. Just telling you from our side in previous years many dual applicants from our program or from elsewhere didn’t match in general (we can see the match list, and I knew some of these applicants). With virtual interviews the rank algorithms have made the...

I’m glad it worked out well for you but I’m speaking from my side of things, and the data really supports a tier/regional bias. Exceptions aren’t the rule and the odds are simply better in your geographic area/tier. I’m in the southeast and many of the programs around here have residents that...