When you arrive, the doctor tells you she cannot treat you because it is not in her scope of practice We need advocates who will defend our current scope of practice and fight to expand it. Ultimately, I am so involved because when we expand our scope, we help more patients.   As academicians, we teach optometry to its fullest scope, but state regulations often limit what our optometrists care deeply about providing the best care possible, and we do that when we embrace the full scope

White Courtney Carmain Class of 2026, Fall 2022 Tina Dobos Mikayla Kemp Pa Vang John (Jack) Latham Jana

The scope of optometry is increasing. More and more people are practicing full-scope optometry, which includes a lot of medical care.

The scope of practice has significantly expanded since I arrived 28 years ago.

Nearly every year since, our scope of practice has expanded. The future of optometry is so bright.

Since then, optometry has consistently expanded its scope.