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Ocular Disease/Low Vision Rehabilitation
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This Ocular Disease/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 W.W. Hasting Hospital 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.
ASCO information sheet: http://myasco.opted.org/residency/view/64/program
Lesley L. Walls Vision Center:
ASCO information sheet: http://myasco.opted.org/residency/view/64/program
Lesley L. Walls Vision Center:
The mission of the Residency in Ocular Disease/Low Vision Rehabilitation is to provide
advanced clinical training for post-graduate optometrists with a primary emphasis
in ocular disease, and a secondary emphasis in low vision rehabilitation, allowing
residents, upon completion of the program, to pursue professional opportunities which
require a high level of clinical expertise.
Goal A
Goal B
Goal C
Goal A
Provide appropriately supervised clinical educational experiences with a primary emphasis
in the area of ocular disease and a secondary emphasis in low vision rehabilitation.
Objectives:
Objectives:
- Provide the resident experience in managing a total of at least 1,000 patients, including at least 100 patients for low vision rehabilitation.
- Provide the resident exposure to a broad diversity of clinical conditions within ocular disease.
- Encourage appropriate referral and co-management of patients with other health care providers, especially those who work in the vision rehabilitation field.
- The resident will participate in low vision rehabilitation at minimum, an average of 20% weekly and will demonstrate proficiency in conducting low vision rehabilitation evaluations, determining individual patient needs, and prescribing vision assistive devices appropriate to each patient's needs.
- Participate in the clinical supervision and education of optometry students.
Goal B
Stimulate scholarly development in the resident.
Objectives:
Objectives:
- Encourage lecture and workshop presentations in the form of continuing education, grand rounds, optometry classroom, etc.
- Stimulate life-long learning by keeping the resident active in critically reviewing ophthalmic literature.
- Allow and encourage the resident to participate in didactic activities such as attending continuing education courses. At a minimum, the resident will acquire enough continuing education hours to satisfy Oklahoma licensure.
- 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 to the community and the profession in the resident.
Objectives:
Objectives:
- Encourage the resident's active involvement in the optometric and vision rehabilitation professional communities by encouraging membership and participation in optometric and other professional organizations.
Application / Admission Requirements
You must register for ORMatch ( ORMS Application Form) in order to send applications to residencies. All core application materials listed
below are submitted online using the ORMatch Application Service. Once you submit
an application, the residency will have access to your application information immediately.
Submitted applications cannot be changed or withdrawn. The Director of Residencies
at the residency's affiliated school or college of optometry will also have access
to your application information.
Curriculum vitae
Discuss:
These letters should be from individuals who can assess your clinical performance, scholastic abilities and/or teaching and research potential. Recommendation letters must be signed and be on official letterhead.
Transcripts
Official transcripts from an ACOE-accredited school or college of optometry
NBEO Scores
Passing score on NBEO Parts I and II and TMOD to participate in Match; Part III passage is required by start of residency program.
Please provide an unofficial copy of your current NBEO scores. ORMatch will send an official copy on your behalf. Successful completion of Parts I, II, III and TMOD of NBEO examinations is required to enter allNSUOCO affiliated residencies.
Application - NSUOCO
Fill out and submit the NSUOCO Application to the ORMatch Supplemental Materials section: (/optometry/Residency-Program/Residency-Application)
All residency applications will be reviewed without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetic information. All applications must be received by 5:00p.m. January 31.
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 the Director of Residencies. (opt_residencies@nsuok.edu)
Degree
Doctor of Optometry degree from an ACOE-accredited school or college of optometry
License
License eligible in the state of Oklahoma
Additional Information
Additional information is available online at /optometry/ResidencyProgram/default.aspx
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
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?
These letters should be from individuals who can assess your clinical performance, scholastic abilities and/or teaching and research potential. Recommendation letters must be signed and be on official letterhead.
Transcripts
Official transcripts from an ACOE-accredited school or college of optometry
NBEO Scores
Passing score on NBEO Parts I and II and TMOD to participate in Match; Part III passage is required by start of residency program.
Please provide an unofficial copy of your current NBEO scores. ORMatch will send an official copy on your behalf. Successful completion of Parts I, II, III and TMOD of NBEO examinations is required to enter allNSUOCO affiliated residencies.
Application - NSUOCO
Fill out and submit the NSUOCO Application to the ORMatch Supplemental Materials section: (/optometry/Residency-Program/Residency-Application)
All residency applications will be reviewed without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetic information. All applications must be received by 5:00p.m. January 31.
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 the Director of Residencies. (opt_residencies@nsuok.edu)
Degree
Doctor of Optometry degree from an ACOE-accredited school or college of optometry
License
License eligible in the state of Oklahoma
Additional Information
Additional information is available online at /optometry/ResidencyProgram/default.aspx
- Completed publishable quality paper (research paper, literature review, or case report), all patient encounter logs with encounter types and all 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 National Board of Examiners in Optometry Part I, II and III including passage of the Treatment and Management of Ocular Disease
- Oklahoma Optometry license
- 10 days of vacation
- Accrual of personal leave (which includes sick leave, personal business leave, bereavement leave, military leave and jury duty leave) at the rate of 12 hours per month
- NSU is closed for several holidays: three days at Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve through New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Spring Break (five days), Fall Break (two days) and Fourth of July
- Professional leave to attend continuing education meetings. The amount of professional leave you receive is at the discretion of the residency supervisor. The residency supervisor encourages attendance at CE courses.
- Professional liability insurance
- Health insurance
Please see the NSU Employment Handbook for a more in-depth discussion of personal leave and holidays.
| Program Supervisor: | Dr. David Simpson |
| Program Address: | NSUOCO 1001 N Grand Ave Tahlequah, Oklahoma 74464 |
| Phone Number: | (918) 444-4017 |
| Fax Number: | (918) 458-9603 |
| Email: | simpsond@nsuok.edu |