Oklahoma College of Optometry/Residency program/Primary eye care ocular disease
Primary Eye Care/Ocular Disease
Thomas E. Creek VA Medical Center Amarillo, TX Residency in Primary Eye Care/Ocular Disease
Program Description
Each of the Primary Eye Care/Ocular Disease Programs sponsored by a Veterans Affairs
Medical Center is designed to provide advanced clinical training in ocular disease
diagnosis and management, and primary care.
In the Primary Eye Care/Ocular Disease Programs, you work as an integral part of a multi-disciplinary team in providing patient care. At VAMC facilities, the patient population is primarily geriatric but has an increasing number of younger adult patients. The Primary Eye Care Residents spend one week of the residency year at the Oklahoma College of Optometry and/or the Chester Pheiffer Optometry Clinic at Cherokee Nation W.W. Hastings Hospital in Tahlequah. These clinics provide exposure to a diverse patient population. Opportunities exist for you to become involved in teaching optometry students, optometrists, and other health professionals.
The residency program begins on July 1 of each year and is a 12 month program concluding on June 30 of the following year. The Thomas E. Creek VA Eye Clinic, Amarillo, TX will be open for patient care Monday through Friday with the exception of federal holidays. The residents schedule will be a 5 day, 8-hours per day work week. As a member of the eye clinic team, the resident is assigned call and expected to maintain availability for emergency department after-hour consultative patient care. Call will be assigned on an alternated basis between the residents with the exception for when the residents elect to attend the same professional meeting. Attendance of continuing education and research may also lengthen the weekly hours of duties. At all times, the resident will maintain consultative communication with a hospital privileged attending staff physician.
About VA Optometry Residency Programs: https://www.va.gov/directory/guide/facility.asp?ID=5
About Thomas E. Creek VA: http://www.amarillo.va.gov
ASCO information sheet: https://myasco.opted.org/searchEngines/residency_details.aspx?id=56
In the Primary Eye Care/Ocular Disease Programs, you work as an integral part of a multi-disciplinary team in providing patient care. At VAMC facilities, the patient population is primarily geriatric but has an increasing number of younger adult patients. The Primary Eye Care Residents spend one week of the residency year at the Oklahoma College of Optometry and/or the Chester Pheiffer Optometry Clinic at Cherokee Nation W.W. Hastings Hospital in Tahlequah. These clinics provide exposure to a diverse patient population. Opportunities exist for you to become involved in teaching optometry students, optometrists, and other health professionals.
The residency program begins on July 1 of each year and is a 12 month program concluding on June 30 of the following year. The Thomas E. Creek VA Eye Clinic, Amarillo, TX will be open for patient care Monday through Friday with the exception of federal holidays. The residents schedule will be a 5 day, 8-hours per day work week. As a member of the eye clinic team, the resident is assigned call and expected to maintain availability for emergency department after-hour consultative patient care. Call will be assigned on an alternated basis between the residents with the exception for when the residents elect to attend the same professional meeting. Attendance of continuing education and research may also lengthen the weekly hours of duties. At all times, the resident will maintain consultative communication with a hospital privileged attending staff physician.
About VA Optometry Residency Programs: https://www.va.gov/directory/guide/facility.asp?ID=5
About Thomas E. Creek VA: http://www.amarillo.va.gov
ASCO information sheet: https://myasco.opted.org/searchEngines/residency_details.aspx?id=56
The mission of the Residency in Primary Eye Care is to provide advanced clinical training
for post-graduate optometrists with emphasis in ocular disease and primary care, 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 emphasis in
ocular disease and primary care.
Objectives:
Objectives:
- Provide the resident a large number of patient encounters.
- Provide the resident exposure to a high diversity of clinical conditions within ocular disease and primary care.
- Encourage appropriate referral and co-management of patients with other health care providers.
- Allow the resident to participate in the clinical supervision of optometry students.
Goal B
Stimulate scholarly development in the resident.
Objectives:
Objectives:
- Encourage lecture and workshop presentations in the form of continuing education, journal review, etc.
- Stimulate life-long learning by keeping the resident active in critically reviewing ophthalmic literature.
- Allow the resident to attend continuing education courses.
- 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 in the resident.
Objectives:
Objectives:
- Enhance the resident's active involvement in the optometric community by encouraging membership and participation in optometric organizations.
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 Director of Residencies. (opt_residencies@nsuok.edu)
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 Director of Residencies. (opt_residencies@nsuok.edu)
- Completed publishable quality paper (research paper, literature review, or case report)
- Submission of all residency evaluation forms including:
- Patient encounter logs with encounter types
- Residency activity logs
- Exit evaluations (evaluation of clinical supervisors, evaluation of residency program supervisor, evaluation of NSUOCO residency director and residency program evaluation)
- Successful completion of National Board of Examiners in Optometry Part I, II and III including passage of the Treatment and Management of Ocular Disease
- Residents are required to obtain licensure in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States, or in the District of Columbia before completion of the first year of VA residency.
You are offered health care benefits.
Federal Employee Health Benefits Program Information
Federal Employee Group Life Insurance Program Information
Questions regarding the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program and the Federal Employee Group Life Insurance Program should be directed to:
Leave benefits consist of thirteen days of annual leave and thirteen days of sick leave. The resident is also provided ten federal holidays during the residency year. You also receive professional leave to attend continuing education meetings. A total of four days of professional leave is offered to encourage attendance at CE courses.
The Federal Tort Claims Act provides you professional liability protection while providing patient care at the VAMC, NSUOCO and Cherokee Nation W.W Hastings Hospital as a component of the residency. As an enhanced measure for NSUOCO clinical activities, residents are also included in the NSUOCO professional liability plan coverage.
Federal Employee Health Benefits Program Information
Federal Employee Group Life Insurance Program Information
Questions regarding the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program and the Federal Employee Group Life Insurance Program should be directed to:
Office of Personnel Management
1900 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20415-1000
(202) 606-1800
TTY (202) 606-2532
1900 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20415-1000
(202) 606-1800
TTY (202) 606-2532
Leave benefits consist of thirteen days of annual leave and thirteen days of sick leave. The resident is also provided ten federal holidays during the residency year. You also receive professional leave to attend continuing education meetings. A total of four days of professional leave is offered to encourage attendance at CE courses.
The Federal Tort Claims Act provides you professional liability protection while providing patient care at the VAMC, NSUOCO and Cherokee Nation W.W Hastings Hospital as a component of the residency. As an enhanced measure for NSUOCO clinical activities, residents are also included in the NSUOCO professional liability plan coverage.
| Residency Supervisor: | Dr. David Trout |
| Program Address: | Thomas E. Creek VA Medical Center 6010 Amarillo Blvd West Amarillo, Texas 79106 |
| Phone Number: | (806) 355-9703 ext. 7678 |
| Fax Number: | (806) 356-3735 |
| Email: | david.trout@va.gov |
Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks, Fayetteville, AR VAMC Residency in Primary Eye Care/Ocular Disease
Program Description
Each of the Primary Eye Care/Ocular Disease Programs sponsored by a Veterans Affairs
Medical Center is designed to provide advanced clinical training in ocular disease
diagnosis and management, and primary care.
In the Primary Eye Care/Ocular Disease Programs, you work as an integral part of a multi-disciplinary team in providing patient care. At VAMC facilities, the patient population is primarily geriatric but has an increasing number of younger adult patients. The Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks Fayetteville Primary Eye Care Residents spend one day every other week at the Oklahoma College of Optometry and/or the Chester Pheiffer Optometry Clinic at W.W. Hastings Cherokee Nation Hastings Hospital in Tahlequah. These clinics provide exposure to a diverse patient population. Opportunities exist for you to become involved in teaching optometry students, optometrists, and other health professionals.
The residency program begins on July 1 of each year and is a 12 month program concluding on June 30 of the following year.
Expected weekly hours of duty are 40 hours per week plus additional time for biweekly didactic resident seminars. Attendance of continuing education and research may lengthen the weekly hours of duties.
About Fayetteville VA: https://www.fayettevillear.va.gov/
ASCO information sheet: https://myasco.opted.org/searchEngines/residency_details.aspx?id=54
In the Primary Eye Care/Ocular Disease Programs, you work as an integral part of a multi-disciplinary team in providing patient care. At VAMC facilities, the patient population is primarily geriatric but has an increasing number of younger adult patients. The Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks Fayetteville Primary Eye Care Residents spend one day every other week at the Oklahoma College of Optometry and/or the Chester Pheiffer Optometry Clinic at W.W. Hastings Cherokee Nation Hastings Hospital in Tahlequah. These clinics provide exposure to a diverse patient population. Opportunities exist for you to become involved in teaching optometry students, optometrists, and other health professionals.
The residency program begins on July 1 of each year and is a 12 month program concluding on June 30 of the following year.
Expected weekly hours of duty are 40 hours per week plus additional time for biweekly didactic resident seminars. Attendance of continuing education and research may lengthen the weekly hours of duties.
About Fayetteville VA: https://www.fayettevillear.va.gov/
ASCO information sheet: https://myasco.opted.org/searchEngines/residency_details.aspx?id=54
The mission of the Residency in Primary Eye Care is to provide advanced clinical training
for post-graduate optometrists with emphasis in ocular disease and primary care, 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 emphasis in
ocular disease and primary care.
Objectives:
Objectives:
- Provide the resident a large number of patient encounters.
- Provide the resident exposure to a high diversity of clinical conditions within ocular disease and primary care.
- Encourage appropriate referral and co-management of patients with other health care providers.
- Allow the resident to participate in the clinical supervision of optometry students.
Goal B
Stimulate scholarly development in the resident.
Objectives:
Objectives:
- Encourage lecture and workshop presentations in the form of continuing education, journal review, etc.
- Stimulate life-long learning by keeping the resident active in critically reviewing ophthalmic literature.
- Allow the resident to attend continuing education courses.
- 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 in the resident.
Objectives:
Objectives:
- Enhance the resident's active involvement in the optometric community by encouraging membership and participation in optometric organizations.
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)
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)
- Completed publishable quality paper (research paper, literature review, or case report)
- Sumbission of all residency evaluation forms including:
- Patient encounter logs with encounter types
- Residency activity logs
- Exit evaluations (evaluation of clinical supervisors, evaluation of residency program supervisor, evaluation of NSUOCO residency director and residency program evaluation)
- Successful completion 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
You are offered health care benefits.
Federal Employee Health Benefits Program Information
Federal Employee Group Life Insurance Program Information
Questions regarding the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program and the Federal Employee Group Life Insurance Program should be directed to:
Leave benefits consist of thirteen days of annual leave and thirteen days of sick leave. The resident is also provided ten federal holidays during the residency year. You also receive professional leave to attend continuing education meetings. A total of four days of professional leave is offered to encourage attendance at CE courses.
The Federal Tort Claims Act provides you professional liability protection while providing patient care at the VAMC, NSUOCO and Cherokee Nation W.W Hastings Hospital as a component of the residency. As an enhanced measure for NSUOCO clinical activities, residents are also included in the NSUOCO professional liability plan coverage.
Federal Employee Health Benefits Program Information
Federal Employee Group Life Insurance Program Information
Questions regarding the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program and the Federal Employee Group Life Insurance Program should be directed to:
Office of Personnel Management
1900 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20415-1000
(202) 606-1800
TTY (202) 606-2532
1900 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20415-1000
(202) 606-1800
TTY (202) 606-2532
Leave benefits consist of thirteen days of annual leave and thirteen days of sick leave. The resident is also provided ten federal holidays during the residency year. You also receive professional leave to attend continuing education meetings. A total of four days of professional leave is offered to encourage attendance at CE courses.
The Federal Tort Claims Act provides you professional liability protection while providing patient care at the VAMC, NSUOCO and Cherokee Nation W.W Hastings Hospital as a component of the residency. As an enhanced measure for NSUOCO clinical activities, residents are also included in the NSUOCO professional liability plan coverage.
| Residency Supervisor: | Dr. Marcus Cooke |
| Program Address: | Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks Eye Clinic 1100 N College Ave Fayetteville, Arkansas 72703 |
| Phone Number: | (479) 443-4301 ext. 69721 |
| Fax Number: | (479) 587-6105 |
| Email: | marcus.cooke@va.gov |
Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks, Gene Taylor Community-Based Outpatient Clinic, Springfield, MO Residency in Ocular Disease
Program Description
Each of the Primary Eye Care/Ocular Disease Programs sponsored by a Veterans Affairs
Medical Center is designed to provide advanced clinical training in ocular disease
diagnosis and management, and primary care.
The Springfield VA resident works as an integral part of a multi-disciplinary team in providing patient care. At VAMC facilities, the patient population is primarily geriatric but has an increasing number of younger adult patients. The residents also spend time at Chester Pheiffer Optometry Clinic at Cherokee Nation W.W. Hastings Hospital and Northeastern State University Oklahoma College of Optometry. These clinics provide exposure to a diverse patient population. Opportunities exist for the residents to become involved in teaching optometry students, optometrists, and other health professionals.
The residency program will build upon the resident's foundation of knowledge that optometry school provides and help organize and direct learning in a way that is effectively applicable in clinic. It is the desire of the program that the resident be able to fully understand what it is to execute patient centered care by not only honing his/her skills in disease management, but also focusing on the art of doctoring by engaging in daily dialogue about what it means to care for a patient as a whole. It is the desire of the program that the resident is confident in his/her abilities as a doctor and feels he/she has also changed for the better as a person upon completion of the program.
The residency program begins on July 1 of each year and is a 12 month program concluding on June 30 of the following year.
Expected weekly hours of duty are 40 clinical hours and 5 hours of didactic discussion per week. Didactic resident seminars, attendance of continuing education, and research may lengthen the weekly hours of duties.
About Springfield VA: https://www.fayettevillear.va.gov//visitors/mountvernon.asp
ASCO information sheet: https://myasco.opted.org/searchEngines/residency_details.aspx?id=55
The Springfield VA resident works as an integral part of a multi-disciplinary team in providing patient care. At VAMC facilities, the patient population is primarily geriatric but has an increasing number of younger adult patients. The residents also spend time at Chester Pheiffer Optometry Clinic at Cherokee Nation W.W. Hastings Hospital and Northeastern State University Oklahoma College of Optometry. These clinics provide exposure to a diverse patient population. Opportunities exist for the residents to become involved in teaching optometry students, optometrists, and other health professionals.
The residency program will build upon the resident's foundation of knowledge that optometry school provides and help organize and direct learning in a way that is effectively applicable in clinic. It is the desire of the program that the resident be able to fully understand what it is to execute patient centered care by not only honing his/her skills in disease management, but also focusing on the art of doctoring by engaging in daily dialogue about what it means to care for a patient as a whole. It is the desire of the program that the resident is confident in his/her abilities as a doctor and feels he/she has also changed for the better as a person upon completion of the program.
The residency program begins on July 1 of each year and is a 12 month program concluding on June 30 of the following year.
Expected weekly hours of duty are 40 clinical hours and 5 hours of didactic discussion per week. Didactic resident seminars, attendance of continuing education, and research may lengthen the weekly hours of duties.
About Springfield VA: https://www.fayettevillear.va.gov//visitors/mountvernon.asp
ASCO information sheet: https://myasco.opted.org/searchEngines/residency_details.aspx?id=55
The mission of the Residency in Primary Eye Care is to provide advanced clinical training
for post-graduate optometrists with emphasis in ocular disease and primary care, 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 emphasis in
ocular disease and primary care.
Objectives:
Objectives:
- Provide the resident a large number of patient encounters.
- Provide the resident exposure to a high diversity of clinical conditions within ocular disease and primary care.
- Encourage appropriate referral and co-management of patients with other health care providers.
- Allow the resident to participate in the clinical supervision of optometry students.
Goal B
Stimulate scholarly development in the resident.
Objectives:
Objectives:
- Encourage lecture and workshop presentations in the form of continuing education, journal review, etc.
- Stimulate life-long learning by keeping the resident active in critically reviewing ophthalmic literature.
- Allow the resident to attend continuing education courses.
- 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 in the resident.
Objectives:
Objectives:
- Enhance the resident's active involvement in the optometric community by encouraging membership and participation in optometric organizations.
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)
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)
- Completed publishable quality paper (research paper, literature review, or case report)
- Sumbission of all residency evaluation forms including:
- Patient encounter logs with encounter types
- Residency activity logs
- Exit evaluations (evaluation of clinical supervisors, evaluation of residency program supervisor, evaluation of NSUOCO residency director and residency program evaluation)
- Successful completion of National Board of Examiners in Optometry Part I, II and III including passage of the Treatment and Management of Ocular Disease
- Residents are required to obtain licensure in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States, or in the District of Columbia before completion of the first year of VA residency.
You are offered health care benefits.
Federal Employee Health Benefits Program Information
Federal Employee Group Life Insurance Program Information
Questions regarding the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program and the Federal Employee Group Life Insurance Program should be directed to:
Leave benefits consist of thirteen days of annual leave and thirteen days of sick leave. The resident is also provided ten federal holidays during the residency year. You also receive professional leave to attend continuing education meetings. A total of four days of professional leave is offered to encourage attendance at CE courses.
The Federal Tort Claims Act provides you professional liability protection while providing patient care at the VAMC, NSUOCO and Cherokee Nation W.W Hastings Hospital as a component of the residency. As an enhanced measure for NSUOCO clinical activities, residents are also included in the NSUOCO professional liability plan coverage.
Federal Employee Health Benefits Program Information
Federal Employee Group Life Insurance Program Information
Questions regarding the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program and the Federal Employee Group Life Insurance Program should be directed to:
Office of Personnel Management
1900 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20415-1000
(202) 606-1800
TTY (202) 606-2532
1900 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20415-1000
(202) 606-1800
TTY (202) 606-2532
Leave benefits consist of thirteen days of annual leave and thirteen days of sick leave. The resident is also provided ten federal holidays during the residency year. You also receive professional leave to attend continuing education meetings. A total of four days of professional leave is offered to encourage attendance at CE courses.
The Federal Tort Claims Act provides you professional liability protection while providing patient care at the VAMC, NSUOCO and Cherokee Nation W.W Hastings Hospital as a component of the residency. As an enhanced measure for NSUOCO clinical activities, residents are also included in the NSUOCO professional liability plan coverage.
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| Residency Supervisor: | Dr. Detlef Sleichter |
| Program Address: | Gene Taylor Community-Based Outpatient Clinic 1800 W. Republic Rd. Springfield, Missouri 65807 |
| Phone Number: | (417) 466-0182 |
| Fax Number: | (417) 466-0126 |
| Email: | detlef.sleichter@va.gov |
Jack C. Montgomery VAMC, Muskogee, OK Residency in Primary Eye Care/Ocular Disease
Program Description
Each of the Primary Eye Care/Ocular Disease Programs sponsored by a Veterans Affairs
Medical Center is designed to provide advanced clinical training in ocular disease
diagnosis and management, and primary care.
In the Primary Eye Care/Ocular Disease Programs, you work as an integral part of a multi-disciplinary team in providing patient care. At VAMC facilities, the patient population is primarily geriatric but has an increasing number of younger adult patients. The Primary Eye Care Residents spend one day a week at the Oklahoma College of Optometry and/or the Chester Pheiffer Optometry Clinic at Cherokee Nation W.W. Hastings Hospital in Tahlequah. These clinics provide exposure to a diverse patient population. Opportunities exist for you to become involved in teaching optometry students, optometrists, and other health professionals.
The residency program begins on July 1 of each year and is a 12 month program concluding on June 30 of the following year.
Expected weekly hours of duty are 40 hours per week plus additional time for biweekly didactic resident seminars. Attendance of continuing education and research may lengthen the weekly hours of duties.
About Muskogee VA: https://www.muskogee.va.gov/
ASCO information sheet: https://myasco.opted.org/searchEngines/residency_details.aspx?id=57
In the Primary Eye Care/Ocular Disease Programs, you work as an integral part of a multi-disciplinary team in providing patient care. At VAMC facilities, the patient population is primarily geriatric but has an increasing number of younger adult patients. The Primary Eye Care Residents spend one day a week at the Oklahoma College of Optometry and/or the Chester Pheiffer Optometry Clinic at Cherokee Nation W.W. Hastings Hospital in Tahlequah. These clinics provide exposure to a diverse patient population. Opportunities exist for you to become involved in teaching optometry students, optometrists, and other health professionals.
The residency program begins on July 1 of each year and is a 12 month program concluding on June 30 of the following year.
Expected weekly hours of duty are 40 hours per week plus additional time for biweekly didactic resident seminars. Attendance of continuing education and research may lengthen the weekly hours of duties.
About Muskogee VA: https://www.muskogee.va.gov/
ASCO information sheet: https://myasco.opted.org/searchEngines/residency_details.aspx?id=57
The mission of the Residency in Primary Eye Care is to provide advanced clinical training
for post-graduate optometrists with emphasis in ocular disease and primary care, 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 emphasis in
ocular disease and primary care.
Objectives:
Objectives:
- Provide the resident a large number of patient encounters.
- Provide the resident exposure to a high diversity of clinical conditions within ocular disease and primary care.
- Encourage appropriate referral and co-management of patients with other health care providers.
- Allow the resident to participate in the clinical supervision of optometry students.
Goal B
Stimulate scholarly development in the resident.
Objectives:
Objectives:
- Encourage lecture and workshop presentations in the form of continuing education, journal review, etc.
- Stimulate life-long learning by keeping the resident active in critically reviewing ophthalmic literature.
- Allow the resident to attend continuing education courses.
- 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 in the resident.
Objectives:
Objectives:
- Enhance the resident's active involvement in the optometric community by encouraging membership and participation in optometric organizations.
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)
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)
- Completed publishable quality paper (research paper, literature review, or case report)
- Sumbission of all residency evaluation forms including:
- Patient encounter logs with encounter types
- Residency activity logs
- Exit evaluations (evaluation of clinical supervisors, evaluation of residency program supervisor, evaluation of NSUOCO residency director and residency program evaluation)
- Successful completion 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
You are offered health care benefits.
Federal Employee Health Benefits Program Information
Federal Employee Group Life Insurance Program Information
Questions regarding the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program and the Federal Employee Group Life Insurance Program should be directed to:
Leave benefits consist of thirteen days of annual leave and thirteen days of sick leave. You are also provided ten federal holidays during the residency year. You also receive professional leave to attend continuing education meetings. A total of four days of professional leave is offered to encourage attendance at CE courses.
The Federal Tort Claims Act provides you professional liability protection while providing patient care at the VAMC, NSUOCO and Cherokee Nation W.W Hastings Hospital as a component of the residency. As an enhanced measure for NSUOCO clinical activities, residents are also included in the NSUOCO professional liability plan coverage.
Federal Employee Health Benefits Program Information
Federal Employee Group Life Insurance Program Information
Questions regarding the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program and the Federal Employee Group Life Insurance Program should be directed to:
Office of Personnel Management
1900 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20415-1000
(202) 606-1800
TTY (202) 606-2532
1900 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20415-1000
(202) 606-1800
TTY (202) 606-2532
Leave benefits consist of thirteen days of annual leave and thirteen days of sick leave. You are also provided ten federal holidays during the residency year. You also receive professional leave to attend continuing education meetings. A total of four days of professional leave is offered to encourage attendance at CE courses.
The Federal Tort Claims Act provides you professional liability protection while providing patient care at the VAMC, NSUOCO and Cherokee Nation W.W Hastings Hospital as a component of the residency. As an enhanced measure for NSUOCO clinical activities, residents are also included in the NSUOCO professional liability plan coverage.
| Residency Supervisor: | Melissa Turner, OD, FAAO |
| Program Co-Coordinator, Co-Coordinator Title: | Frank Mai, OD |
| Phone Number: | (918) 577-4428 |
| Fax Number: | (918) 577-3617 |
| Email: | Melissa.Turner4@va.gov Francis.Mai@va.gov |
Womack Army Medical Center, Fort Bragg Residency in Primary Care Optometry/Ocular Disease
Program Description
This program is reserved strictly for military optometrists and provides you with
an opportunity to gain advanced clinical training and expertise in the areas of ocular
disease diagnosis and management, vision rehabilitation, and primary care in a hospital-based
setting. You will spend a majority of your time at the Womack Army Medical Center,
working as an integral part of a multidisciplinary team in providing patient care.
You will be provided numerous opportunities to co-manage patients with ophthalmology
and perform specialty contact lens fits, as well as co-manage with other specialty
clinics within the medical center. Multiple opportunities for continuing education,
lectures, and conferences will be provided. A research paper or case report is required,
as is a poster presentation at a national optometric meeting. 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 45 hours per week with on-call duties during normal business hours. Attendance at continuing education may lengthen the weekly hours of duties. The resident will be provided a stipend of U.S. Army active duty officer salary and benefits.
Clinicians in the military do not have professional liability insurance in the same sense that their civilian counterparts do. Military residents perform their training under authority of lawful orders issued by the Department of the Army and receive their pay and allowances there from.
Accordingly, while performing such training, military residents are acting within the scope of their employment and are considered employees of the Army acting within the scope of their employment under Federal law. The provisions of 28 United States Code, Section 2679 immunizes the military resident from individual tort liability. Furthermore, it is understood that the United States will protect the liability of the military resident only, and that the United States may, in its representation of the military resident, assert any defense available under Federal law.
About Womack Army Medical Center: https://www.goarmy.com/amedd/health-care/facilities/womack-army-medical-center.html
About Womack Army Medical Center Optometry: https://www.goarmy.com/amedd/health-care/facilities/womack-army-medical-center.html
ASCO information sheet: https://myasco.opted.org/searchEngines/residency_details.aspx?id=61
Expected weekly hours of duty are 45 hours per week with on-call duties during normal business hours. Attendance at continuing education may lengthen the weekly hours of duties. The resident will be provided a stipend of U.S. Army active duty officer salary and benefits.
Clinicians in the military do not have professional liability insurance in the same sense that their civilian counterparts do. Military residents perform their training under authority of lawful orders issued by the Department of the Army and receive their pay and allowances there from.
Accordingly, while performing such training, military residents are acting within the scope of their employment and are considered employees of the Army acting within the scope of their employment under Federal law. The provisions of 28 United States Code, Section 2679 immunizes the military resident from individual tort liability. Furthermore, it is understood that the United States will protect the liability of the military resident only, and that the United States may, in its representation of the military resident, assert any defense available under Federal law.
About Womack Army Medical Center: https://www.goarmy.com/amedd/health-care/facilities/womack-army-medical-center.html
About Womack Army Medical Center Optometry: https://www.goarmy.com/amedd/health-care/facilities/womack-army-medical-center.html
ASCO information sheet: https://myasco.opted.org/searchEngines/residency_details.aspx?id=61
The mission of the Residency in Primary Care Optometry at Womack Army Medical Center
is to provide advanced clinical training for military optometrists with emphasis on
ocular disease and trauma, medical / therapeutic contact lens fitting, and primary
vision and eye health care, allowing the resident an increased professional capacity
to manage a diverse and complex patient population.
Goal A
Goal B
Goal C
Goal D
Curriculum
Goal A
Provide appropriately supervised clinical educational experiences with emphasis on
ocular disease and trauma, medical/therapeutic contact lens fitting, and primary vision
and eye health care.
Objectives:
Objectives:
- Examine a minimum of 1500 patients in clinic, either alone or in conjunction with another health care provider, during the course of the residency.
- Evaluate and treat patients with a variety of clinical conditions including ocular disease and trauma, medical/therapeutic contact lens fitting and primary vision and eye health care.
- Appropriately refer and co-manage patients with other health care specialties and providers.
- Teach and mentor fourth year optometry students through clinical supervision of optometric exams.
Goal B
Stimulate scholarly development in the resident.
Objectives:
Objectives:
- Write and deliver at least one hour long lecture in the form of continuing education, presentations to peers, presentations to ophthalmic technicians, and lectures to providers in other specialties and groups.
- Participate in monthly journal club discussions, learning to critically review current ophthalmic literature in order to promote lifetime learning.
- Attend a national optometric meeting and submit a clinical poster at that meeting during the residency.
- Produce a research paper, literature review and/or case report of publishable quality by the end of the residency program.
Goal C
Stimulate a commitment to professional growth/development and service in the resident.
Objectives:
Objectives:
- Join and maintain membership in at least two optometric organizations such as the Armed Forces Optometric Society, the American Optometric Association, and the American Academy of Optometry.
- Initiate the board certification process by completing the requirements for attaining Fellowship in the American Academy of Optometry within one year of completing the residency program.
Goal D
Facilitate experiences that are unique to the military optometrist.
Objectives:
Objectives:
- Attend at least one military specific medical training course during the residency.
- Participate in at least one MEDRETE (Medical Readiness Training Exercise) to deliver eye care in an austere environment.
Curriculum
The educational objectives, learning activities, and expected outcomes of the Residency
in Primary Eye Care include the following:
Objectives:
Objectives:
- Provision of optometric care to a large number and diverse group of patients at the Womack Army Medical Center with emphasis in ocular disease and trauma, medical/ therapeutic contact lens fitting, and primary vision and eye health care.
- Appropriate referral and co-management of patients with other health care providers. External rotations may be arranged if likely to enhance expertise in ocular disease and trauma, medical/therapeutic contact lens fitting, and primary vision and eye health care.
- Clinical supervision of optometry students.
- Lecture and workshop presentations in the form of continuing education, grand rounds, optometry classroom, etc.
- Participation in residency seminar activities, including literature review, journal club, clinical slide review, and case presentations.
- Attendance of continuing education courses.
- Completion of a research paper, literature review, or case report of publishable quality.
- Active involvement in the optometric community through membership and participation in optometric organizations.
- Extend experiences that are unique to the military optometrist, such as special trauma courses or opportunities to deliver eye care in an austere environment.
All eligible Army applicants are solicited to apply for the residency via the LTHET
message. A list of application materials is included in the Long Term Health Education
and Training (LTHET) message released each December by the U.S. Army Medical Service
Corps and includes a DA Form 3838, Commander's Memorandum, Transcripts, DA Photograph,
Memorandum from the Optometry Consultant at the Office of the Surgeon General and
a signed/dated officer record brief (ORB).
Admissions eligibility criteria include: 1.Possess a Doctor of Optometry degree from an accredited program (by starting date) 2.Pursue a full and unrestricted optometry license in any US state by starting date (and obtain within one year) 3.Competitive GPA 4.Successfully complete Parts I, II, III and TMOD of the National Board of Examiners in Optometry examinations 5.Submit completed U.S. Army application materials 6.U.S. Army active duty status.
The applicant must have a Doctor of Optometry degree by the time of matriculation from a school or college of optometry accredited by the Accreditation Council on Optometric Education. All residency applications will be reviewed without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetic information.
The program application deadline is April, one year prior to start date.
Admissions eligibility criteria include: 1.Possess a Doctor of Optometry degree from an accredited program (by starting date) 2.Pursue a full and unrestricted optometry license in any US state by starting date (and obtain within one year) 3.Competitive GPA 4.Successfully complete Parts I, II, III and TMOD of the National Board of Examiners in Optometry examinations 5.Submit completed U.S. Army application materials 6.U.S. Army active duty status.
The applicant must have a Doctor of Optometry degree by the time of matriculation from a school or college of optometry accredited by the Accreditation Council on Optometric Education. All residency applications will be reviewed without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetic information.
The program application deadline is April, one year prior to start date.
Specific requirements are in place for program completion and awarding of the Certificate
of Advanced Clinical Competence. The requirements are as follows:Specific requirements
are in place for program completion and awarding of the Certificate of Advanced Clinical
Competence. The requirements are as follows:
- Completed publishable quality paper (research paper, literature review, or case report)
- Sumbission of all residency evaluation forms including:
- Patient encounter logs with encounter types
- Residency activity logs
- Exit evaluations (evaluation of clinical supervisors, evaluation of residency program supervisor, evaluation of NSUOCO residency director and residency program evaluation)
- Submission of a clinical poster to be presented at a national optometric meeting
Number of Positions Avalible in Program: 1
Program Salary / Stipend: U.S. Army active duty officer salary
Benefits Program Salary / Stipend: U.S. Army active duty officer salary
U.S. Army active duty officer benefits to include:
- Health coverage
- Professional Liability Insurance
- Vacation
- Paid Sick Leave
- Travel Allowance
| Residency Supervisor: | Dr. Steven Gutierrez |
| Program Address: | Womack Army Medical Center 2817 Reilly Road, Stop A Fort Bragg, North Carolina 28310-7301 |
| Phone Number: | (910) 907-6504 |
| Email: | Steven.p.gutierrez.mil@mail.mil |