While optometry has evolved to include the diag-nosis and management of ocular disease, this issue of Optometric Management (OM) celebrates its roots: refraction. What’s more, I think you’ll find that these feature articles provide a prescription for success in this area:

Achieving accuracy
In “A Subjective Refraction Technique,” p.14, Mark Wilkinson, OD, details providing patients with both pristine and binocular vision. (You can almost hear the clicking of the phoropter dials “chasing the red.”) Also covered: correcting near vision in the age of digital devices.

Wanted: prism
Speaking of digital device use, Debra Shim, OD, FCOVD, covers providing prism due to associated nearpoint demands in her article, “Prescribing Prism,” p.24.

Pediatric patient preparation
In part one of her two-part article, “Performing the pediatric exam,” p.20, Miki Zilnicki, OD, FCOVD, provides a how-to guide to facilitate attending to this young and, sometimes, intimidating population.

Opportunities ahead
I think you’ll find this issue offers opportunities to refine prescrip-tions, meet the visual demands required in 2024, and alleviate the anxiety that can sometimes come with examining children. All of this can lead to patient loyalty and the opportunity to educate patients that refraction is now among the many services optometrists provide. OM

Speaking of opportunities, as the new managing editor of Optometric Management (OM), let me take this opportunity to say I am thrilled to curate the practical, how-to information you look forward to. Please email me your ideas at Jennifer.Kirby@conexiant.com. Also, I look forward to collaborating with Chief Optometric Editor April Jasper, OD, whose passion for optometry is infectious. Finally, I must thank Jim Thomas, former editorial director of OM for his invaluable mentorship over the years. Jim is now director, custom content, at Conexiant, the new name of our company. (See this month’s “Leading Off").