Eye Day introduces medical students to eye and vision care

A family doctor might see a toddler with conjunctivitis. An emergency room doctor might see someone with a retinal detachment or stroke patient with vision symptoms. An endocrinologist might see a patient with diabetes who’s experiencing blurred vision. These are just a few of the reasons why physicians need to know eyes.

To provide hands-on learning about eye and vision care for future physicians, the University of Waterloo School of Optometry & Vision Science recently hosted medical students from the Waterloo Regional Campus of the McMaster University Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine for the first Eye Day since the COVID-19 pandemic.

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