Oklahoma College of Optometry Primary Care (Tahlequah, OK)
Category:
Primary Care Optometry
Residency Supervisor:
Dr. Alissa Proctor
Phone Number:☎ 918-444-4020
FAX Number: (918) 458-9603
Email: proctor1@nsuok.edu
Program Address:
Oklahoma College of Optometry
1001 North Grand Ave.
Tahlequah, OK 74464
918 444-4000
Program Description
This program provides the resident with an opportunity to gain clinical experience
and expertise in one or more areas of specialization within primary care optometry.
A unique aspect of the Northeastern State University Oklahoma College of Optometry
Primary Eyecare residency is that the resident participates in creating a clinic schedule
to satisfy personal needs and interests. Residents typically choose to pursue one
primary clinical interest and one or two secondary clinical interests.
Clinics include:
- Ocular Disease Diagnosis and Management, including:
- Emergency Ocular Services
- Surgical Procedures
- Laser Therapy for the Anterior Segment
- Contact Lenses
- Pediatrics
- Vision Therapy / Neuro-optometric Rehabilitation
- Vision Rehabilitation / Geriatrics
- Primary Vision Care
The residents provide patient care at Cherokee Nation W.W. Hastings Hospital and NSU Oklahoma College of Optometry (NSUOCO) in Tahlequah, and occasionally provide patient care in the NSUOCO Rural Eye Program at clinics in Cherokee Nation outpatient facilities throughout northeast Oklahoma. Residents also provide evening and weekend emergency room eye care at Hastings Hospital approximately one week per month and need to be within 15 minutes of the hospital while on call.
In addition to providing direct patient care, residents participate in grand rounds, ophthalmological observation, and hospital rotations. A regularly scheduled residency seminar promotes literature review and study. Teaching is another important aspect of this program, with opportunities to become involved in didactic and clinical education of optometry students, optometrists, and other health care providers. A publishable quality research paper, literature review, or case report, and paper presentation is required and publication is encouraged.
Program Length | 12 Months |
Start Date | July 1 |
Positions | 3 |
Expected weekly hours | Expected weekly hours of duty are 40 hours per week plus approximately 1 week/ month evening and weekend emergency room eye care at Cherokee Nation W.W. Hastings Hospital. Didactic resident seminars, attendance of continuing education, and research may lengthen the weekly hours of duties. |
Program Salary/Stipend | $40,000 |
ASCO information sheet | https://myasco.opted.org/searchEngines/residency_details.aspx?id=49 |
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Oklahoma College of Optometry Optometric Management Education (Tahlequah, OK)
Category:
Primary Care Optometry
Residency Supervisor:
Dr. Alissa Proctor
Phone Number:☎ 918-444-4020
FAX Number: (918) 458-9603
Email: proctor1@nsuok.edu
Program Address:
Oklahoma College of Optometry
1001 North Grand Ave.
Tahlequah, OK 74464
918 444-4000
Program Description
This unique program combines a residency in Primary Care Optometry offered by the
Northeastern State University Oklahoma College of Optometry with a Master of Business
Administration Degree (M.B.A.) offered by the NSU College of Business and Technology.
This program is open to U.S. Army optometrists.
Expected weekly hours of duty are 40 hours per week with on call duties. The 40 hours
includes being scheduled in Primary Care Residency activities 20 hours a week, with
the remainder of the week devoted to pursuing a Master in Business Administration
(class and study time). Call is shared by the Primary Care residents, the cornea and
contact lenses resident, and the vision rehabilitation resident. The Army Primary
Care Optometry Resident is half-time in the residency program for two years, and he
or she is assigned half as much call as the other residents each year of the program.
The Army Primary Care Resident is scheduled for a total of about 5-6 weeks of call
during each residency program year. Attendance of continuing education may lengthen
the weekly hours of duties. Residents will be paid an U.S. Army active duty officer
salary.
At the beginning of the year, you are assigned which holidays you will be on call.
You are asked to volunteer for which holidays you prefer to be on call for first.
If volunteering fails to cover all holidays, then names are drawn to determine who
receives which holidays. If you are not scheduled on call, you are not expected at
work on these holidays and they are not taken from your vacation.
Program Length | 24 Months |
Start Date | July 1 |
Positions | 1 |
Expected weekly hours | Expected weekly hours of duty are 40 hours per week plus approximately 1 week/ month evening and weekend emergency room eye care at Cherokee Nation W.W. Hastings Hospital. Didactic resident seminars, attendance of continuing education, and research may lengthen the weekly hours of duties. |
Program Salary/Stipend | U.S. Army active duty officer salary. |
ASCO information sheet | https://myasco.opted.org/searchEngines/residency_details.aspx?id=52 |
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Cornea and Contact Lenses (NSUOCO Tahlequah, OK)
Category:
Cornea and Contact Lenses
Residency Supervisor:
Dr. Latricia Pack
Phone Number:☎ 918-444-4044
FAX Number: (918) 458-9603
Email: packl@nsuok.edu
Program Address:
Oklahoma College of Optometry
1001 North Grand Ave.
Tahlequah, OK 74464
918 444-4000
Program Description
This program provides an opportunity to gain clinical experience and expertise in the areas of advanced contact lens fitting and diagnosis and management of corneal conditions, while continuing to sharpen skills in other areas of optometry. The residency is 50-60% cornea and contact lenses and 40-50% other areas of interest. Patients are typically from the Cherokee Nation Outpatient Health Center clinical population. The resident also has the opportunity to work with nationally recognized clinicians in hands-on specialty contact lens fitting workshops. Observations with other eye care specialists are available through external rotations. A regularly scheduled residency seminar promotes literature review and study. Teaching is another important aspect of this program, with opportunities to become involved in didactic and clinical education of optometry students, optometrists, and other health care providers. A publishable quality paper is required, and other contact lens related research and case reports are encouraged.
The 12 month residency begins July 1 and ends June 30. Expected weekly hours of duty are 40 hours per week plus evening and weekend emergency room eye care at Cherokee Nation W.W. Hastings Hospital approximately one week per month. Attendance of continuing education may lengthen the weekly hours of duties.
Program Length | 12 Months |
Start Date | July 1 |
Positions | 1 |
Expected weekly hours | Expected weekly hours of duty are 40 hours per week plus approximately 1 week/ month evening and weekend emergency room eye care at Cherokee Nation W.W. Hastings Hospital. Didactic resident seminars, attendance of continuing education, and research may lengthen the weekly hours of duties. |
Program Salary/Stipend | $40,000 |
ASCO information sheet | https://myasco.opted.org/searchEngines/residency_details.aspx?id=50 |
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Ocular Disease with emphasis in Low Vision Rehabilitation (NSUOCO Tahlequah, OK)
Category:
Ocular Disease with emphasis in Low Vision Rehabilitation
Residency Supervisor:
Dr. Jonathan Hatley
Phone Number:☎ (918) 444-2116
FAX Number: (918) 458-2104
Email: hatleyjm@nsuok.edu
Program Address:
Oklahoma College of Optometry
1001 N. Grand Ave.
Tahlequah, OK 74464
918 444-4000
Program Description
This Ocular Disease with emphasis in Low Vision Rehabilitation Residency provides advanced clinical training for post-graduate optometrists with a primary emphasis in ocular disease, and a secondary emphasis in low vision rehabilitation. The residents provide patient care and student education at Cherokee Nation Outpatient Health Center Optometry Clinic and at NSUOCO in Tahlequah. Additionally, time will be spent at the Lesley L. Walls Vision Center at the Broken Arrow campus of Northeastern State University in metropolitan Tulsa, Oklahoma and at the Oklahoma School for the Blind in Muskogee, Oklahoma. The resident may occasionally provide patient care at NSUOCO Rural Eye Program-Cherokee Nation outpatient facilities located in Salina, Stilwell, Muskogee, Sallisaw and Jay. In addition to providing direct patient care, our residents participate in grand rounds, ophthalmological observation, hospital rotations, and also provide evening and weekend emergency room eye care at Cherokee Nation W.W. Hastings Hospital approximately one week per month. Residents are required to be within 15 minutes of the hospital while on call. A regularly scheduled residency seminar promotes literature review and study. Teaching is another important aspect of this program , with opportunities to become involved in didactic and clinical education of optometry students, optometrists and other health care providers. Expected weekly hours of duty are 40 hours per week. Attendance at continuing education conferences may lengthen these weekly hours.
Program Length | 12 Months |
Start Date | July 1 |
Positions | 1 |
Expected weekly hours | Expected weekly hours of duty are 40 hours per week plus approximately 1 week/ month evening and weekend emergency room eye care at Cherokee Nation W.W. Hastings Hospital. Didactic resident seminars, attendance of continuing education, and research may lengthen the weekly hours of duties. |
Program Salary/Stipend | $40,000 |
ASCO information sheet | https://myasco.opted.org/searchEngines/residency_details.aspx?id=64 |
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