Residency in Primary Care Optometry | Ocular Disease Optometry, Salem, OR

Sponsor: VA Portland Health Care System, Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC), Salem, Oregon

Mission: This one-year program offers qualified Doctors of Optometry a residency experience in primary eye care at an advanced clinical level through direct participation in patient care to a predominantly geriatric population. While working as part of an interdisciplinary team, the resident will enhance their experience in diagnosing and managing ocular disease, ophthalmic manifestations of systemic disease, and low vision patients. The resident will also further their optometric knowledge by engaging in didactic and scholarly activities.

Program Goals:

• Enhance the primary eye and vision care assessment and the management skills of the residents through significant broad-based clinical experience.
• Foster the residents’ active participation as members of an interdisciplinary health care team.
• Develop the residents’ skills as educators.
• Encourage the residents’ pursuit of scholarly activities.