Category:
Cornea and Contact Lenses
Residency Supervisor:
Dr. Andrea Lasby
Phone Number:☎ (403) 440-1234
FAX Number: (403) 440-1237
Email: lasby@missioneyecare.ca
Program Address:
Mission Eye Care
#180, 2206 2 St SW
Calgary, AB, Canada T2S 3C5
Calgary, Alberta T2S 3C5
918 444-4000
Program Description
The resident works as an integral part of a team of Optometrists in providing patient
care in downtown Calgary. The resident will have the opportunity to work not only
with a large population of patients seeking specialty lenses, but our supervisors
will ensure the resident sees enough primary care and ocular disease for a well-rounded
experience enabling them to be well prepared for any clinical setting. The resident
will see patients 4.5 days per week. While we expect you to study in your own time,
one half day of professional development time will be provided for remote attendance
of NSUOCO residency seminar, independent study, administrative tasks, case report
creation, etc. We will provide opportunities for you to become involved in teaching
and presenting to optometrists and other health care professionals. The resident will
also be encouraged to submit reports and case studies for presentation & publication
throughout their residency.
This program is unique, in that licensure will be required from both Alberta and Oklahoma.
This is to provide a wide variety of exposure to advanced scope procedures not available
in Alberta. The resident must be available to travel to Tahlequah, Oklahoma at the
beginning of July for resident orientation/advanced scope training at NSUOCO and again
in mid-July to sit for the Oklahoma State licensure exam (the resident is encouraged
to stay at NSUOCO and participate in clinical/didactic activities during the time
between orientation and OK licensure exam if so desired). In addition, the resident
will schedule a 2-week rotation to NSUOCO during the residency for clinical experience,
to present in residency seminar, and to attend the 10-hour PRK certification course
if desired.
About
Mission Eye Care, Centre for Cornea & Dry Eye Disease:
https://www.missioneyecare.ca/
| Program Length |
12 Months |
| Start Date |
June 26 |
| Positions |
1 |
| Expected weekly hours |
Expected weekly hours of duty are 40 hours per week, plus additional time for weekly
didactic resident seminars. After-hours/weekend patient care may be required on rare
occasions to follow up on urgent and/or sight-threatening conditions or to perform
post-operative care pending advanced scope expansion. Attendance of continuing education,
development of scholarly activities, and research may lengthen the weekly hours of
duties. |
| Program Salary/Stipend |
$40,000 CAD/year |
| ASCO information sheet |
https://myasco.opted.org/residency/view/355/program |
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:
- Provide the resident a minimum of 1000 patient encounters, at least half of which
will involve contact lens care.
- Provide the resident exposure to a high diversity of clinical conditions within contact
lens, ocular disease, and primary care.
- Encourage appropriate referral and co-management of patients with other health care
providers
Goal BStimulate scholarly development in the resident.
Objectives:
- Encourage lecture and workshop presentations in the form of continuing education,
grand rounds, submitted publications, etc.
- Stimulate life-long learning by keeping the resident active in critically reviewing
ophthalmic literature.
- Allow and encourage you to attend continuing education course, webinars, and workshops.
- Require completion of a research paper, literature review, or case report of publishable
quality by the end of the residency program.
Goal CStimulate a commitment to service of the community and the profession of optometry
in the resident.
Objectives:
- 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) or NBEO Parts I, II, III including the TMOD. 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 http://www.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. NBEO scores are optional.
- 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 family 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)
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
1001 North Grand Avenue 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) or NBEO Parts I, II, III
including the TMOD.
- 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.
Note: NBEO passage is optional for this residency.
This residency program is currently seeking ACOE accreditation (first year program)
Contact the Accreditation Council on Optometric Education (ACOE) at accredit@theacoe.org.
See https://theacoe.org/Affiliates/ACOE/Documents/ACOE/Current Residency Directory.pdf for more information about accreditation of optometric residency programs.
- 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).
Meet the Residency Supervisor
Dr. Lasby is a Calgary native and completed her Optometry degree at the University
of Waterloo. She then went on to do an ocular disease and specialty contact lens residency
at the prestigious Northeastern State University Oklahoma College of Optometry. She
was recipient of the Canadian Association of Optometrists Award of Merit for leadership,
the Dr. Irving Baker Excellence in Clinical Optometry scholarship, and numerous others
during her studies. After graduation, she went on to become a fellow of the American
Academy of Optometry and also holds the designation of fellow of the Scleral Lens
Education Society.
After starting her career, she served as the Calgary Society of Optometrists’ President
from 2015-2017. Currently, she is chair of the Canadian Association of Optometry’s
Cornea, Contact Lens, and Refractive Technology Section. She also serves on the committee
of the Alberta Health Services Neurosciences, Rehabilitation & Vision Strategic Clinical
Network and is the co-founder of the Canadian Contact Lens Academy. If this wasn’t
enough, she also currently serves on the council of the Alberta Association of Optometrists
