2025 Blast from the Past Challenge

Calling all optometry students/residents! Are you a history buff? Apply for a chance to win a cash prize!

The Optometric Historical Society invites all optometry students and residents to submit an entry about an influential person, event, or development in Optometry History in any form of media. The top three finalists will present during an hour-long virtual Blast from the Past education event that will take place on April 30, 2025 at 7 p.m. CT.

Apply Here. See application requirements below.

Blast from the Past Challenge

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Interested in Optometry's History? Hindsight: Journal of Optometry History? Visit the AOA Marketplace and sign up for the electronic edition or order print issues today! The electronic edition of Hindsight is free to AOA and AOSA members.

Subscribe to Hindsight!

Interested in Optometry's History? Hindsight: Journal of Optometry History? Visit the AOA Marketplace and sign up for the electronic edition or order print issues today! The electronic edition of Hindsight is free to AOA and AOSA members.


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