Member Benefits

All Members

• Biannual copy of the AOSA newsletter Foresight
• Health Insurance coverage for qualified applicants through Student Resources
• Insurance Coverage – Term Life, Disability, Temporary, Accident
• Free AOA membership including the Contact Lens and Cornea and Sports Vision Sections
• Access to the AOA Advantage Student Debt Consolidation Service   [click for info]
• Opportunity to apply for an AOSA-Vistakon Travel Grant to Optometry’s Meeting™
• Reduced registration fees to Optometry’s Meeting™
• Access to the Optometry: Journal of the American Optometric Association web site. This includes access to the archives of hundreds of other scholarly periodicals in the Elsevier network.
• Full access to the Optometry: Journal of the American Optometric Association web site requires registration. Part of the required registration is your AOA member ID number. Please contact AOA to request your member ID if you do not have it.
• AOA's Career Advocate Program

But that's not all…

First Year Students

• AOSA T-shirt (1 per student) (sponsored by VSP) (back of shirt)
• Clipboards (sponsored by Optical Laboratories Association)
• Flash Drive (sponsored by the AOA)
• Lens Cloth (sponsored by Varilux / Essilor)

Second Year Students

• Academic Planner (sponsored by the AOA)
• Lens Cloth (sponsored by Varilux / Essilor)
• Optometric Reference Guide – (sponsored by HOYA Optical)
• NEW AOSA lapel pin (sponsored by AOSA)
• NEW Near Vision Card (sponsored by Vistakon Vision Care Institute)
• NEW Speedy PD Ruler (sponsored by Amcon)

Third Year Students

• Academic Planner (sponsored by the AOA)
• Binocular Vision Kit and Finger Puppet (sponsored by OEP and COVD)
• Lens Cloth (sponsored by Varilux)
• Ocular Disease Vision Simulator Cards (sponsored by Enhanced Vision)
• NEW Optometry Drug Guide (sponsored by TheraTears)
• Screwdriver Repair Kit (sponsored by VSP)
• NEW Speedy PD Ruler (sponsored by Amcon)

Fourth Year Students

• Lens Cloth (sponsored by Varilux / Essilor)
• NEW Optometry Drug Guide (sponsored by TheraTears)
• Access to AOA’s Optometry Career Center
• Pediatric Exam CD (sponsored by the AOSA)
• NEW Progressive Identifier Book (sponsored by Optical Laboratories Association)
• NEW Speedy PD Ruler (sponsored by Amcon)

Your AOSA Board of Trustees has worked hard over the years to keep costs down and to make ties with industry that support our unified goals. Our generous sponsors enable us to have our fantastic AOSA Conference at Optometry’s Meeting™ and many of our member benefits. So continue your membership throughout your time as a student, and then continue on to the AOA. Be proud of your profession, and enjoy the free Benefits along the way!