SUNY College of Optometry Viewbook

EDUCATION

UNPARALLELED CLINICAL TRAINING

The University Eye Center (UEC) The UEC is one of the largest eye and vision care clinics in the country, seeing approximately 75,000 patient visits annually. The clinic is a major component of students’ education beginning with their rst year, an experience they nd unique not only because it is contained within the same building as the College, but also because of its diverse patients and cases. Students are exposed to an extraordinary array of ocular diseases and visual problems in clinical rotations throughout the UEC as they train with the College’s highly quali ed clinical faculty of optometrists, ophthalmologists and other health professionals. The UEC partners with numerous psychiatric centers, hospitals and ambulatory care centers af liated with the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation.

UEC PATIENT DIVERSITY

13%

25%

39%

38%

ASIAN

AFRICAN AMERICAN

> 50 YEARS

16-50 YEARS

HISPANIC OR LATINO

29%

< 15 YEARS

CAUCASIAN

23%

33%

Patient Population,

Demographics, NYC

Age Breakdown

STUDENTS CAN DO EXTERNSHIPS AT MORE THAN 40 NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SITES. Visit www.sunyopt.edu/externships for a list of sites.

UEC SERVICES INCLUDE: Primary Care

Rehabilitation  Head Trauma  Vision Therapy

 Adult Primary Care  Pediatrics/Children with Special Needs

& Rehabilitation

 Low Vision

Advanced Care  Glaucoma  Retina  Refractive Surgery  Specialty Contact Lenses For more on the curriculum’s clinical integration, see page 14.