AZCOPT Student Spearheads One Health Project Using Therapy Animals
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After five years working in the insurance industry, Sarah Hileman decided to change careers and applied to optometry school. When she arrived at the Arizona College of Optometry at Midwestern University, she discovered that her optometry program was part of a larger University initiative incorporating One Health – the intersection of human, animal and environmental health – and it gave her an idea.
Ms. Hileman, a second-year AZCOPT student, is working with a small group of classmates on a capstone project to develop a concept called “Puptometry.” The idea is to develop a practice – and potentially a franchise – that incorporates vision therapy and occupational therapy with therapy animals, like Sarah’s dog Moe.
Read more about Ms. Hileman and Moe in the July issue of Women in Optometry.
(Photo: Puptometry Instagram)
