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.
In addition, they spend some time at the VAMC and see patients in the clinic as well as performing surgery and post-operative care. This year provides the opportunity to build upon prior experience and assume grater responsibility for patient care. Faculty and visiting speakers give basic science and clinical lectures. Journal club is held monthly in the evenings. Residents perform a research project each year and present the findings at the Resident-Alumni meeting each spring.