Mission Eye Care

The mission of the Residency is to provide advanced clinical training and experience for post-graduate optometrists with emphasis on Cornea and Contact Lens. Completion of the program will allow residents to pursue professional opportunities which require a high level of clinical expertise.

Goal A 
Provide appropriately supervised clinical educational experiences with emphasis on cornea and contact lenses.

Objectives:

1. Provide the resident a minimum of 1000 patient encounters, at least half of which will involve contact lens care.
2. Provide the resident exposure to a high diversity of clinical conditions within contact lens, ocular disease, and primary care.
3. Encourage appropriate referral and co-management of patients with other health care providers

Goal B
Stimulate scholarly development in the resident.

Objectives:

1. Encourage lecture and workshop presentations in the form of continuing education, grand rounds, submitted publications, etc.
2. Stimulate life-long learning by keeping the resident active in critically reviewing ophthalmic literature.
3. Allow and encourage you to attend continuing education course, webinars, and workshops.
4. Require completion of a research paper, literature review, or case report of publishable quality by the end of the residency program.

Goal C
Stimulate a commitment to service of the community and the profession of optometry in the resident.

Objectives:

1. Enhance the resident's active involvement in the optometric community by encouraging membership and participation in optometric organizations.

Applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of Canada. Residents are required to take the Oklahoma Optometry Board Exam, the Alberta College of Optometry Jurisprudence Exam, and obtain both Oklahoma and Alberta licensure. Applicants do not need to hold USA citizenship, nor apply for a SSN. However, as two trips to NSUOCO campus are required as part of the residency, the applicant must have up to date travel documents allowing them to visit the USA for brief periods. Residency applicants must have a Doctor of Optometry degree from an ACOE-accredited school or college of optometry and must have successfully completed the written and clinical components of the Optometry Examining Board of Canada Exams (OEBC). Grade-point average, OEBC scores, letters of recommendation, and personal interviews are taken into account when considering applications. Persons applying to Northeastern State University Oklahoma College of Optometry affiliated residency programs must apply to ORMatch at https://natmatch.com/ormatch/ and to Northeastern State University Oklahoma College of Optometry. ORMatch and NSUOCO deadlines are January 31 . All residency applications will be reviewed without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetic information

Upload the following information on ORMatch

• Curriculum vitae
  
  • Education (institution, dates, major, degree or pending degree, and grade point average)
  • List of Honors, Awards
  • Professional Memberships
  • Research Projects and Publication
  • Special Presentations, Seminars and Teaching Experience
  • Employment
  • Community Service
  • Other Professional Experiences
• Statement of interest
  Discuss:
  
  • Why are you interested in pursuing a residency?
  • What do you hope to gain from a residency?
  • What are your plans after you complete a residency?
• Three letters of recommendation
  • These letters should be from individuals who can assess your clinical performance, scholastic abilities and/or teaching and research potential. Recommendation letters may be emailed or mailed by post, but must be signed and be on official letterhead .
• A copy of your optometry school transcripts (an final official copy sent directly from the school will be required if accepted into the program)
• Please provide an unofficial copy of your OEBC scores.
• Arrange an interview, once offered. Each applicant is strongly encouraged to arrange an interview at the residency site to which they are applying. This allows the applicant to become more familiar with the residency site and the residency supervisor to become familiar with the applicant.
• If you have any questions about the application process, please contact the Director of Residencies, Dr. Carolyn Majcher (majcher@nsuok.edu) or Dr. Andrea Lasby, Residency Supervisor (lasby@missioneyecare.ca)

Submit Application Materials

All application information should be sent to the Director of Residencies, Dr. Carolyn Majcher director of residencies via email or mail to:

Northeastern State University Oklahoma College of Optometry
ATTN: Residency Director
870 E. Crafton St.
Tahlequah, OK 74464-7017

As application materials are received by the school, they will be forwarded to the site the applicant is applying at. Arrange an interview. Each applicant is strongly encouraged to arrange an interview at the residency site to which they are applying. This allows the applicant to become more familiar with the residency site and the residency supervisor to become familiar with the applicant. If you have any questions about the application process, please contact either Britney Mason (mason09@nsuok.edu) or the Director of Residencies, Dr. Carolyn Majcher director of residencies

• Requirements for successful program completion and awarding of the Certificate of Advanced Clinical Competence are:
  • Completed publishable quality paper (research paper, literature review, or case report)
  • Patient encounter logs with encounter types
  • Residency activity logs
  • Completed exit evaluations (evaluation of clinical supervisors, evaluation of residency program supervisor, evaluation of NSUOCO residency director, and residency program evaluation)
  • Passage of Optometry Examining Board of Canada Exams (OEBC).
  • Oklahoma optometry license
  • Alberta optometry license.
  • Attend NSUOCO orientation combined with advanced procedures training at the beginning of July, as well as complete a 2 week clinical rotation at NSUOCO later on during the course of the residency program.

• Professional Liability Insurance (Professional liability insurance is provided for your residency education. NSUOCO provides insurance that covers you while providing care at NSUOCO clinics in the USA and Mission Eye Care provides separate insurance that covers you while providing care at their facility.
• Health insurance
• 10 days of vacation (plus statutory holidays)
• Paid Personal Leave (note: approved leaves of absence for reasons such as sickness or compassionate reasons in excess of 6 days per year must be made up at the end of the program).
• Paid Professional Leave of 10 days.
• $2000 CAD in travel expenses for required trips to NSUOCO.
• Optometry License fees in Alberta (your license fees will be covered through the College of Optometrists in Alberta for one year, starting in December of your residency).