EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK NOVEMBER 2022

Themes, Goals and Objectives

Student-Centered Experience

1. Enhance the student experience through programs that promote student and alumni success 1.1. Deliver a curriculum that reflects contemporary optometric practice and sub specializations, anticipates future changes and is flexible enough to respond to changes in the healthcare delivery system 1.2. Provide students with a strong foundation for clinical care of basic and advanced optometric conditions while supporting them to develop the communication and cognitive skills needed for evidence-based patient care 1.3. Provide micro-credentials in clinical concentrations beyond the core educational experience 1.4. Provide students with facilities, support and resources for deep, integrated, and active learning throughout the curriculum 1.5. Enhance the student experience through customized opportunities for individual development and success 1.6. Develop viable international rotation opportunities for 4th year interns to increase opportunities for fourth year rotations abroad 1.7. Develop meaningful connections between students and alumni that support career development, placement, networking and continuing education 2. Deliver a dynamic curriculum that engages students and advances contemporary optometry 2.1. Define and implement a core curriculum that teaches the foundation needed for entry level contemporary optometric practice efficiently and effectively 2.2. Identify and develop several concentrations in advanced optometric practice aligned with residency and AAO Diplomate advanced competency training tracks 2.3. Pilot and implement if successful a series of content progress examinations for the formative assessment of student learning and teaching effectiveness 2.4. Support faculty development and implementation of innovative teaching strategies that improve student engagement and learning 2.5. Create or refine training experiences at the UEC and externship sites that emphasize evidence-based practice in primary care optometry and provide experience in areas of advanced care/competency (subspecialties) 2.6. Review and reform UEC-based residency programs to lead in the adoption of Advanced Competency-based program design in anticipation of and alignment with developing subspecialties within the profession of Optometry. Academic Excellence

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