2016_SUNY_Optometry_PRR

2008 Strategic Plan | SUNY College of Optometry

Annual financial assistance for patients in need will increase by 20% per year through 2013.

3.2  Goal: To provide clinical care that is contemporary, efficient, ethical and of the highest quality.

Objectives:

Expansion of clinical services will occur in the areas of rehabilitation, geriatrics and ocular disease, special testing and imaging. Clinical faculty, staff and students will demonstrate cultural competency and sensitivity. The UEC will provide in-house emergency eyecare on a 24/7 basis. The UEC will develop and implement a comprehensive compliance program. The UEC’s programs and clinical outcomes will achieve nationally recognized performance standards of excellence.

3.3  Goal: To train interns, residents and faculty to function as members of an integrated health care team.

Objectives:

Additional opportunities will be offered for students to provide care with other primary healthcare providers and relevant professionals. Students and residents will demonstrate clinical competency in the co-management of systemic diseases that are relevant to optometric practice. An affiliation will be established with a local comprehensive healthcare entity to facilitate integrated patient care. 4.0  Enhancing Public Health Through Education and Service to a Broad Range of Communities

4.1  Goal: To increase SUNY Optometry’s international presence.

Objectives:

The College will establish a Center for International Studies dedicated to the advancement of vision care worldwide. Affiliations will be established with at least 5 educational entities in foreign countries. Within 5 years, at least 30% of fourth-year students will experience foreign clinical rotations each year. The College will host at least 2 foreign visiting faculty members for on-site programs each year. In collaboration with its foreign affiliates, SUNY faculty will present at least 25 days of educational programs abroad annually. Affiliations with foreign institutions will include opportunities for collaboration on basic science or clinical research projects. A feasibility study will be conducted to determine whether or not the College should develop a special OD program for foreign-trained optometrists and/or PhD or MD faculty at affiliated foreign institutions.

4.2  Goal: To promote public health.

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