The course involves a variety of clinical rotations both on-site and off-site. Students provide direct patient care while receiving clinical instruction and evaluation by licensed supervisors. The clinical rotations allow students to enhance their optometric skills pertaining to examination, diagnosis, treatment, management and prevention. These skills are applied to diseases and disorders of the eye, the visual system, and associated structures as well as the diagnosis of related systemic conditions. Students encounter a wide variety of clinical settings (e.g. hospitals, community health clinics, nursing homes, etc.) and patient types (e.g. age, background, special needs, etc.). Students are required to show successful performance in each component of clinical training to which they are assigned. Prereq: Level at least 4A Optometry students
