Optometry

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Optometry

• More than Meets the Eye

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Lens 2?
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Prescriptions
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Eye Infections
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Research Method
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Research Method
Interview with Dr. Tiffany Corby
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Research Method
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Increase of Women Doctors
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The Field of Optometry (2006)
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An Alternative
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A Mans World
The Glass Ceiling
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A Mans World
This is no place for a woman!
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A Mans World
Does the glass ceiling exist? Absolutely. If I
say we didnt have one, we would be the only
thing on the planet that didnt have a glass
ceiling. It is there in health sciences and
Fortune 500 companies. -Dr. Karla Zadnik, OSU
College of Optometry Professor
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A Mans World
The glass ceiling is self-induced.
Society expects more from us. Women have
families, and they are expected to take care of
the family. -Dr. Janice Jurkus
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A Mans World

• Dr. Zadnik turned down a job as Senior VP for
  research.

But why???
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• No Woman American Optometric Association
  president
• Only 2 women served on the AOA national board
• American Academy of Optometry has had only one
  female president
• There is only one female dean

From Optometrys glass ceiling have women
broken through to assume leadership roles? by
Jane Haseldine, 2003.
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• 81 Professors are Male

• 65 Assistant Professors are Female

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• If I had to do it all again, I would have
  learned to play golf much sooner.
• -Dean Janice Scharre, Illinois College of
  Optometry

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• Women are questioned, men are not
• Women will be the end of optometry

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A Mans World

• Wait until your career is established.

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A Mans World

• Daycare

Stay-at-home Husband
In 2006, an estimated 159,000 stay-at-home dads
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Anything you can do, I can do better

• Changes are being made
• Reverse discrimination in healthcare

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Anything you can do, I can do better
The End
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Works Cited

• Haseldine, J. (2003). Optometry's glass ceiling
  have women broken through to assume leadership
  roles? Electronic version Review of Optometry,
  p40(7). from Expanded Academic ASAP.
• Who will teach the next generation of O.D.s?
  Electronic version (2007). Review of Optometry,
  pS5(2). from Expanded Academic ASAP.
• Schwartz, C. (2001). On and off the mommy track
  Electronic version. Optometric Management. from
  FindArticles.com.
• Rodemich, K., Levoy, B. (2002). Women in
  optometry 50/50? Electronic version Optometric
  Management. from FindArticles.com.
• Schwartz, C. (2001). Women promoting women
  Electronic version. Optometric Management. from
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• Corby, Tiffany, O.D. Personal Interview. 4 Sep.
  2007.
• Wait until your mother gets home O.D. leaves
  children in good hands their dad's Electronic
  version. (2007). Review of Optometry, 144(pS12).
  from Expanded Academic ASAP.