title: Quality is still the backbone of good education.
abstract: The author believes that quality optometric education results from excellent teaching, which depends on qualified faculty members who also add to optometric knowledge through research, and on a curriculum that stresses fundamentals. He believes that practicing optometrists can help to encourage and assist research.
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004493:Education / Q000592:standards; D004496:Education, Continuing; D004500:Education, Graduate; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005178:Faculty; D009907:Optometry / Q000193:education*; D012106:Research; D013663:Teaching; D014481:United States