Externship Site
Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical College
ICO STUDENTS ACCEPTED EACH QUARTER
Essentials
Location
270 Xueyuan Road (W)
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Wenzhou
Zhejiang
325027
China
Country:
Not in the US
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Description
*ON HOLD DUE TO COVID
Number of Student Encounters
Average number of patients per week per student:
How many are full exams?
How many are special testing?
How many are observation only?
Relative Percentage of Student Encounters
10
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75
10
5
% = Routine Refractive
% = Contact Lens
% = Ocular Disease
% = Pediatric / Binocular Vision
% = Low Vision
Facility Details
Required equipment:
Condensing lenses
Contact for externship liason:
Xiaojing Zhang
fannyzxj1661@163.com
(86)13676448720 (Best to call, rather than email, regarding orientation packet and visa requirements as soon as site selection is complete)
Arrival procedure for students:
Contact Dr. Wu prior to the start of the rotation at wuronghan@126.com.
Attending Staff - Full Time:
Dr. Ronghan Wu (Primary Care, Ocular Disease)
Dr. Wei Chen (Primary Care, Ocular Disease)
Dr. Zongming Song (Primary Care, Ocular Disease)
Dr. Huixiang Ma (Primary Care, Ocular Disease)
Dr. Xiaoling Liu (Primary Care, Ocular Disease)
Dr. Jun Jiang (Primary Care, Ocular Disease)
Miscellaneous comments:
Housing was provided in the past, may offer again in the future so discuss with the preceptor. Otherwise housing is $200-300 American dollars/month.
Additional Information:
Click here to review onboarding requirements. If you do not see your site listed on Sharepoint, contact your preceptor directly.
Student Review
"Excellent educational experience. You will encounter many different eye conditions that we don't typically see at the IEI (ie. polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy, central serous chorioretinopathy). In addition to primary care, you can choose 2 areas of ocular disease to rotate through, such as vitreo-retina, cornea, eye & nose, etc. Primary care is also a great learning opportunity since you will get a lot of exposure to fitting contact lenses for keratoconus or ortho-K.
Overall educational experience was amazing. I was able to see every type of disease A-Z. However because of the language barrier I wasn't able to understand some of the patient education. Housing was very hard. I had to ask other students from the hospital to help me find housing because of the language barrier. If you aren't able to arrange housing prior to arrival, will need to stay at a hotel for a few days while you are looking. And be prepared to pay in full, upfront.
Get a Chinese SIM card! Also, though not required, it's advisable to speak Mandarin to get the full educational experience."
Ocular Disease
Facility specialties:
Facility category:
Ocular Disease (Specialty 2)
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Facility website
Student Clinic Hours
5:00 pm
8:00 am
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Additional Info about Hours:
May work Saturdays depending on clinic assignment (with day off during the week); 2 hour lunch break
Hospital
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