CourseCatalog

Fourth Year The 4th year clinical program consists of a four-quarter clinical rotation system that includes clinical rotations within the University Eye Center at SUNY College of Optometry and at external sites. Rotations take place in a number of carefully selected internal and external sites in order to allow students to experience a greater variety of clinical environments. These environments expose fourth year students to a diversity of ocular and general conditions among patients of all ages and socioeconomic backgrounds. Students will receive exposure in multiple areas including refractive care, binocular vision, ocular disease and interprofessional practice. To ensure that each student receives a complete clinical experience, they are required to complete one rotation in each externship site category: (1) Ocular Disease - Hospital/VA rotation, (2) Family Practice Primary Care/Contact Lens rotation, (3) Specialty Care rotation as well as one rotation at the University Eye Center. The internship and externship programs work together to ensure that the expected core experiences are met for each 4th year student.

Total lecture and clinic hours in a term are listed below.

Course Title

Dept*

Course #

Track CLIN CLIN CLIN CLIN CLIN

Term

Lec

Clinic

Credit Hours

Clinical Internship I Clinical Internship II Clinical Internship III Clinical Internship IV

CE CE CE CE CE

CEC-4401A CEC-4402A CEC-4403A CEC-4404A CEI-4500A

Summer

480 480 480 480

13.0 13.0 13.0 13.0

Fall

Winter Spring

Clinical Seminar

1 Quarter

24

1.5

13