"The formal education of any health care provider in the US comes in, shall we say, 2 flavors. There is the didactic component and there is the clinical component. The didactic component involves facts—many facts. The clinical component involves not just the random collision but also the composition and collation of those facts, which develops a comprehensive understanding of diseases, their relative states, and how to diagnose and manage them properly. Couple this sequence of events with the fact that our understanding of the science of human health is constantly expanding, and you quickly see why we do not “do” health care, but, rather, we “practice” it. We are simply committed to a clinical lifetime of learning," writes Ben Casella, OD, FAAO, in a recent Optometry Times article.
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