The Clinical Skills Program
This intensive hands-on program gently guides the student through the skills needed to
become a highly effective member of an ophthalmic health-care team.
Students begin
patient interaction in their third week of training.
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The Clinical
Skills Program |
Semester
I
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Basic skills: vision taking, medical history taking,
retinoscopy, refractometry, slit lamp exam, lensometry, basic pediatric workup,
automated visual field exams, etc. in residency clinic setting. |
Semester
II
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Advanced skills: retinal photography, anterior segment
photography, corneal topography, manual visual field exams, etc. in residency clinic setting. |
Summer
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One-month externship in general ophthalmologist's
private practice, two months residency clinic setting continuing skill development. |
Semesters
III and IV |
Three-month rotations in each of the following:
Pediatric Evaluation, Contact Lens, Low Vision, Ophthalmic Surgical Assisting, Advanced Diagnostic Testing*
(includes A and B scan ultrasound, electrophysiology testing, fluorescein angiography, specular
microscopy, supervising, etc.) |
Some of the skills acquired
during the twenty-two month program are: |
- History-taking
- A/B-Scans
- Photography
- Digital
- Anterior Segment
- Fundus
- IVFA
- Pupil Evaluation
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- Keratometry
- Retinoscopy
- Visual Fields
- Surgical
- Patient Prep
- Non-Sterile Circulator
- Sterile First Assistant
- Applanation
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- Motility Evaluation
- Refractometry
- Contact Lenses
- Specular Microscopy
- Amsler Grid
- Color Vision
- Corneal Topography
- Optical Coherence Tomography
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