VTResidencyCurriculum

The Irwin B. Suchoff Residency Program in Vision Therapy and Rehabilitation At SUNY State College of Optometry

Program Curriculum

CLINICAL I.

Each resident devotes approximately 70% of their time to vision therapy and rehabilitation patient care, 20% of their time to primary care (adults and pediatrics), and 10% of their time to ocular disease and other clinical electives (ocular disease, low vision, and specialty contact lenses). II. Each resident should meet the minimum number of patient encounters as listed below: General Skills Work-Ups 35 to 45 Perceptual Work-Ups 10 to 20 Skills/Perceptual Vision Training 450 to 500 Strabismus/Amblyopia Work-Ups 45 to 55 Strabismus/Amblyopia Training 80 to 130 Head Trauma Work-Ups 10 to 20 Head Trauma Training 10 to 20 Adult/Pediatric Primary Care 45 to 55 Children with Special Needs and Infants 15 to 25 Ocular Disease, Contact Lenses, Low Vision 25 to 35

DIDACTIC I.

SUNY Friday Program (required attendance): a. Workshop on Public Speaking b. Writing Workshop (two sessions) c. Practice Management Workshop d. Grand Rounds e. Advanced Clinical Procedure Summer Workshops

II. Program Specific: Each resident will attend the post-doctoral level seminars and lectures as listed below. a. In addition, each resident must take the College of Optometrists in Vision Development (COVD) Written Examination, part of the fellowship process, at the end of the academic year. Passing of the examination is currently not required for successful completion of the residency program. b. Seminar/Lecture Topics i. Vision Therapy & Rehabilitation Lectures 1. Dr. Steven Ritter: Introduction to VT Evaluations and Therapy

2. Dr. Steven Ritter: Introduction to Perceptual Evaluations and Therapy 3. Dr. Esther Han: Intro to Strabismus Evaluations and Therapy 4. Dr. Steve Larson: The Psycho-Educational Evaluation & Learning Disabilities

5. Dr. Sander Levine: Behavioral Prescribing 6. Dr. Jesse Willingham: Prisms and Lenses 7. Dr. Daniella Rutner: Biofeedback 8. Dr. Randy Schulman: Photo-light Therapy 9. Dr. Rochelle Mozlin: Communication and Reports

10. Dr. Rebecca Charlop: Primitive Reflexes 11. Dr. Alex Tilley: Visual-Vestibular Therapy ii. Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation Therapy Lectures: Dr. Allen Cohen iii. Resident Strabismus/Amblyopia Lectures : Dr. Barry Tannen iv. Additional Topics Seminars or Individual Topic Review : 1. Dr. Marilyn Vricella: Current Pediatric Studies 2. Dr. Xiaoying Zhu: Myopia Control 3. Dr. Alex Tilley: Mandatory Assignments a. VT Skills Therapy Sequencing b. VT Perceptual Therapy Sequencing c. Amblyopia/Strabismus Therapy Sequencing

SCHOLARLY ACTIVITY I.

Minor Presentation (20 minutes) (October)

II.

Major Presentation (one hour COPE approved lecture) (March)

III.

Publishable Quality Paper (June)

CLINICAL TEACHING I.

Summer and Fall Quarters: Each resident is assigned to be a teaching assistant in the General Vision Therapy Lab course given to the third year students enrolled in the professional optometry program at SUNY. II. Winter and Spring Quarters: In addition, each resident is a clinical instructor/supervisor to third year clinical interns rotating through the Vision Therapy and Rehabilitation Service (vision therapy evaluations and training.)