Externship Site
Bay Pines VA - C.W. Bill Medical Center
ICO STUDENTS ACCEPTED EACH QUARTER
Essentials
Location
10000 Bay Pines Blvd
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Bay Pines
FL
33744
U.S.A.
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South East U.S.
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Description
Number of Student Encounters
Average number of patients per week per student:
75
50
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How many are observation only?
Relative Percentage of Student Encounters
20
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% = Routine Refractive
% = Contact Lens
% = Ocular Disease
% = Pediatric / Binocular Vision
% = Low Vision
Facility Details
Required equipment:
Lab coat, ID name badge
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Arrival procedure for students:
Contact site 1 month prior to start of rotation. Students will receive an email 4-6 weeks prior to start of the rotation from the Education Department with detailed information, including a tutorial for EHR. On first day, report to Building 106, Room 200. There will be 1 day of shadowing/orientation.
There is a 1 hour case presentation on Fridays by attendings and residents. The extern will do a presentation at the end of the rotation. There is monthly journal club and may also attend local optometric society meetings.
Attending Staff - Full Time:
Daniel Shea, OD (Primary Care, Ocular Disease)
Paul Gruosso, OD (Primary Care, Ocular Disease)
Joseph Miller, OD (Primary Care, Ocular Disease)
Vanessa Santos, OD (Primary Care, Ocular Disease)
Candace Cordero, OD (Primary Care, Ocular Disease)
Attending Staff - Part Time:
Tina Culotta, MD (Cornea)
Helen Tsang, MD (Glaucoma)
Vivian Fasula, MD (Ocular Disease)
Nikolas Trichopoulos, Md (Retina)
Miscellaneous comments:
Housing in the area ranges from $600-$1200/mo.
Additional Information:
Click here to review onboarding requirements. If you do not see your site listed on Sharepoint, contact your preceptor directly.
Student Review
"I was treated with respect and I felt like my opinion mattered. I was allowed to be independent but always had doctors for help if needed. If I was wrong or made a mistake, I was allowed to learn from it and was not put down for it. All attending doctors were willing to teach, were approachable, and encouraged questions. There were opportunities to observe surgeries as well as work with low vision and TBI patients. I wanted to become more efficient and I feel like this place has helped me with that because it is so fast paced and forces you to keep up.I feel that I have gotten better at managing and treating glaucoma and amd. On Fridays, you usually have to bring a study to talk about. There is also one presentation you have to do on an interesting case or topic. I highly recommend this site to anyone considering it."
Ocular Disease
Facility specialties:
Facility category:
Ocular Disease (Specialty 2)
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Facility website
Student Clinic Hours
4:30 pm
7:30 am
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Additional Info about Hours:
Off all Federal holidays; LV or TBI is 3 half days/week; can observe cornea, retina, cataract, glaucoma surgeries. Standard externship hours are listed; however, hours are subject to change based on the academic quarter, the number of assigned externs, or operational needs of the office.
VA
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