CLN420 Clinical Primary Care (Spring 2024)

Nine hours of clinic per week. Two hours of seminar on alternate weeks. One assignment per week will be in the Clinical Primary Care Optometric Service and will include participation with doctors of optometry or other physicians as non-physician extenders in comprehensive direct patient care utilizing a full range of management modalities. Other assignments may include grand rounds, advanced procedure laboratories, and case conferences. Students will participate in the SABRE Optometry Simulation as part of the seminar portion of the course. 

CLN421 Contact Lens (Spring 2024)

Nine hours of clinic per week. The clinic assignment will be in the Cornea & Contact Lens Service. Activities will include participation with doctors of optometry or other physicians as non-physician extenders in comprehensive direct patient care utilizing a full range of management modalities. Emphasis will be on the management of eye and visual conditions with appropriate application of various designs and types of contact lenses.

CLN422 Pediatric Primary Care (Spring 2024)

Nine hours of clinic per week. One clinic assignment will be in the Pediatric Primary Care Service. Activities will include participation as non-physician extenders with doctors of optometry in comprehensive, direct care of younger patients, utilizing a full range of management modalities, but emphasizing management of conditions especially prevalent in children.

CLN423 Advanced Care Ocular Disease (Spring 2024)

Nine hours of clinical activity per week. One clinic assignment will be in the Advanced Care Ocular Disease Service. Activities will consist of assisting doctors of optometry or other physicians as non-physician extenders in the diagnosis, treatment and management of ocular disease. An emphasis is placed on acute-onset conditions which may involve intensive long-term management. Other activities will involve assisting physicians in the management of patients who have had laser and surgical procedures. Additional assignments will include the enhancement and management of low vision for treatment of partially-sighted patients of any age within the Vision Therapy and Rehabilitation Service.

CLN424 Externship (Spring 2024)

CLN425 Clinical Vision Therapy Low Vision (Spring 2024)

Six hours of clinic per week. Clinic assignments will be in the Vision Therapy and Rehabilitation Service. Activities will include participation as non-physician extenders with doctors of optometry in the enhancement of visual function and management of low vision for treatment of partially-sighted patients and the application of vision therapy as appropriate for treatment of patients of any age. Emphasis is placed on acquired brain injury, learning-related vision disorders, strabismus, amblyopia and the use of optical and non-optical vision rehabilitative treatments.