Primary Eye Care Residency - IAUPR

 Mission

The program expects to provide post-graduate training so that the resident can develop proficiency in areas of primary care optometry, gain experience with multidisciplinary settings, and obtain training in pre- and post -ophthalmic operative care. The program also will provide the resident with experience in teaching and scholarly activities, so that he or she may further pursue a career in education and research.

Program Goals

• Provide post-graduate training, which develops the proficiency necessary to become a full scope primary care practitioner
• Develop quality clinical educators and clinical researcher
  

Program Description

• One year residency program (August 18 through August 17)
• Yearly stipend of $25,000 with benefits
• No tuition or fees
• Position: One
• Health Insurance benefits from IAUPR
• Professional Liability Protection from IAUPR
• Workload: 80% (32 hours per week)Clinical, 20% (8 hours per week)Didactical
  • Saturday Clinic approximately twice per month (weekdays exchange for those Saturdays)
• Accreditation status: Accredited with conditions by ACOE
• Bilingual School’s Setting with Spanish’s speaking patients
  

Residency Experience

• Scholarly Activities
• Lecturing
• Weekly optometric seminars
• Worksites:
  • IAUPR’s Clinic Sites (Own Transportation strongly recommended)
  • External Rotations
• Library and research resources
• Administration time
• Specialty areas rotation
  • Contact lenses, VT, Low Vision, Electro-diagnostics, Prosthesis, Learning Disabilities
• Certificate requirements includes:
  • Optometry License in a state, territory, or commonwealth of the United States, or the District of Columbia.
  • Completion of Part I, II, III and TMOD of National Boards Examination in Optometry (NBEO)
  • Successful Clinical & Didactic evaluations
  • Publishable quality paper

Eligibility Criteria

1. Applicant must have successfully completed part I, II and TMOD of National Boards of Examiners in Optometry as a requisite for admission to the residency program.
2. Candidates must be eligible to be licensed as an optometrist in a state, territory, or commonwealth of the United States, or the District of Columbia.
3. Recommendation letters: Three (3) are requested. One should be from clinical director from graduating institution or chief academic officer. Two others from full time faculty members who have been involved with the applicant’s education.
4. A brief essay stating reasons for applying to a program which is addressed to the primary eye care is requested.
5. Applicant should submit Curriculum Vitae and be available for interview.
6. Knowledge of basic conversational Spanish language is required to communicate with majority of patient population although English language is the official written language.
7. Candidates must earn the degree of Doctor of Optometry from a school or college of Optometry accredited by the Council on Optometric Education prior to the starting date of the residency program.
8. IAUPR affirms that all candidates are evaluated without regard to sex, race, color, creed, origin or disabilities.