Residency in Ocular Disease | Primary Care Optometry, Spokane, WA

Sponsor: Mann-Grandstaff Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Spokane, Washington

Mission: The Mann-Grandstaff Veterans Affairs Medical Center, with Pacific University College of Optometry of Forest Grove, OR, have developed a one-year residency program in optometry. The fundamental mission of this training program is to provide qualified post-doctorate practitioners with a structured educational experience that will expand their development into exceptional optometric clinicians in the areas of primary care, geriatrics, ocular disease, surgical co-management. Upon completion of the residency, the clinician will emerge with enhanced clinical skills, knowledge and experience which will elevate practitioners beyond entry level practice, making residents suitable candidates for optometry positions in co-management, multidisciplinary settings, and/or post graduate optometric education.

Program Goals:

• Strengthen the resident’s primary care skills.
• Enhance the resident’s skills in treating the geriatric population.
• Increase knowledge and skill in co-management of medical-surgical eye conditions.
• Increase knowledge of cataract surgery.
• Strengthen the resident’s skill detecting and managing ocular disease.
• Stimulate the resident’s responsibility for scholarly activity.