MSCHE/ACOE Self Study

G. Clinic Management and Patient Care Policies ACOE Standard VIII

Please note that reference is made to Appendices of the Self-Study; Appendices of the UEC Policy and Procedures Manual; and specific policies/procedures within the Manual . These references are labeled as such. 8.1 The program has a clinical patient care delivery clinical program sufficient to fulfill the mission, goals and objectives. Students are fully integrated into the clinical activities and services of the University Eye Center (UEC), whose mission and objectives can be found on pages 1-3 of the online Policy and Procedures Manual (Appendix G-1). The services provided are described on the College’s web site at http://www.sunyopt.edu/uec/index.php as well as on pages 6-8 in the Policy and Procedure Manual . The UEC consists of its primary location on the College campus and satellite clinics with which it holds contractual arrangements (see Section 8.2, below). Appendix G-2 lists the current satellite clinics. The on campus clinic provides primary eye care services (including contact lens services and dispensing) as well as more specialized care in the areas of ocular disease, vision therapy, advanced contact lenses, pediatrics, low vision, head trauma, adults with disabilities, children with special needs, infant vision, and learning disabilities. A portion of the fourth-year curriculum is carried out in external clinical facilities (externship program). Certain of these facilities are contractually related to the UEC (i.e., satellite clinics) with the assignment and monitoring of students and preceptors at these sites the responsibility of the director of externship programs, who currently serves as the chair of the department of clinical sciences in the administrative structure of the office of the vice president/dean for academic affairs. Students also rotate through external clinical sites that are not contractually related to the UEC. These are coordinated by director of externship programs. Additional information on the externship program can be found in Section B (2.7, 2.10, 2.10.1 and 2.10.2). The UEC is one of the largest optometric clinics in the country in terms of patient care activity. Its location in the heart of the most densely populated metropolis in the nation affords extraordinary access to an exceedingly clinically diverse and challenging patient base (please refer to Appendix G-3 for patient demographics). The central clinic at 33 West 42 nd Street and its satellite clinics (excluding externship sites), see approximately 134,000 patient visits per year. The 42 nd Street clinic has about 75,000 patient visits per year and is on the way to meeting its Strategic Goal of 85,000 patient visits (Goal 3.1) as can be seen in the chart below.

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