This is a three-year program with three residents per year. Residents are evaluated in an ongoing manner and reappointment is subject to annual renewal dependent upon satisfactory completion of the program requirements in each year.
Residents receive instruction in contact lens fitting throughout the three years.
Initially, these residents establish the method of taking a history, performing an eye examination, use of equipment and special test procedures. Each resident is assigned to a subspecialty clinic on a rotating basis, and is also assigned to the adjacent Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center one day each week throughout the year. In other rotations the resident sees patients with the appropriate faculty member, assists with and performs surgery and follows all patients. There is no on-call responsibility in the second year except during the VAMC rotation. Senior residents supervise and teach first and second year residents as well as medical students.