MSCHE/ACOE Self Study

o To deliver clinical education programs which are competency based. o To provide an environment that develops critical thinking and life-long learning skills o To develop future leaders in optometry. o To provide students, residents and alumni with the services to succeed in their careers. o To provide residency education that will train individuals to develop advanced clinical competencies to meet current and future health care needs. o To become a leader in continuing optometric education. o To attract and enroll highly qualified students for the professional program. o To attract and retain highly qualified, full-time faculty members. o To increase cultural sensitivity in all College operations. o To encourage, recognize and reward outstanding achievement Research: Make New Discoveries that Advance Vision Science and Patient Care o To develop and maintain the most productive basic and clinical research programs among schools and colleges of Optometry. o To establish a Center for Clinical Research. o To provide resources to attract and retain outstanding research faculty. o To enhance the PhD program in Vision Science. o To integrate the OD/MS Program in Vision Science with clinical research and the development of clinical faculty. Community and Public Service: Improve Patients’ Lives o To provide clinical programs that attract a large, diverse patient population to support clinical education and enhance the visual welfare of the community. o To provide clinical care that is contemporary, efficient, ethical and of the highest quality. o To train interns, residents, and faculty to function as members of an integrated health care team. Community and Public Service: Global Health o To increase SUNY Optometry’s international presence. o To promote public health. Within A Shared Vision, each goal is subdivided into supporting objectives (http://www.sunyopt.edu/about/five_year_plan.shtml or Appendix A-1.) 1.2 The mission, goals, and objectives [of the professional program] give emphasis to a professional optometric degree program whose graduates possess the attributes, knowledge, skills, and ethical values required for entry level practice of optometry as defined by the program.

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