The Acute Care Clinic provides immediate assessment, screening, evaluation, and optometric management of patients who present to clinic with acute ocular and/or visual problems and concerns. Examples: acute double vision, acute vision loss, acute red eye, ocular foreign body, broken high-power spectacles, sudden change in vision, acute ocular pain, etc. Patients are triaged upon presentation to the Optometry Clinic and will be seen based on urgency of condition, and then in order of presentation. Cases of ocular emergency will receive highest priority. This clinic also provides 1-day and 1-week cataract post-op exams. 

Students from years III, and IV are eligible for assignment into the acute care service. All follow-up and progress evaluations should be by appointment, either into Acute Care/Walk-in Service, or other appropriate disease-related clinical services.