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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, myopia control, and specialty contact lenses). II. Each resident should meet the minimum number of patient encounters as listed below: General Skills Work-Ups 25 to 35 Perceptual Work-Ups 10 to 20 Skills/Perceptual Vision Training 350 to 450 Strabismus/Amblyopia Work-Ups 45 to 55 Strabismus/Amblyopia Training 125 to 225 Head Trauma Work-Ups 50 to 60 Head Trauma Training 50 to 60 Adult/Pediatric Primary Care 40 to 50 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 Lectures in the following areas: i. Vision Therapy & Rehabilitation ii. Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation Therapy

iii. Resident Strabismus/Amblyopia iv. Additional Topics Seminars or Individual Topic Review

SCHOLARLY ACTIVITY

I.

Minor Presentation (20 minutes) (Fall)

II.

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

III.

Publishable Quality Paper (Spring)

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.)