After one week of orientation, first-year residents participate fully in the evaluation, diagnosis and medical treatment of patients. First-year residents are the primary surgeons in minor operative procedures and participate, to a limited extent, in major operative procedures. Second and third-year residents participate fully in medical and surgical patient evaluation. Management of patients is commensurate with the resident's ability. All residents obtain patient histories, perform ophthalmologic examinations, perform specialized diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, and are responsible for admission history and physical examinations.
All residents share on-call duty.
On average, the first and second year residents take first call every fourth week-night and weekend. Third year residents alternate second call every other week. A faculty member is always on-call. Third year residents alternate serving as chief resident at The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, chief resident at the Lebanon Veteran's Administration Medical Center and sub-specialty rotations. Return to Page Index, above Research Residents may participate in a number of ongoing clinical and laboratory research projects within the Department of Ophthalmology.