Externship Site
James H. Quillen VA Medical Center
ICO STUDENTS ACCEPTED EACH QUARTER
Essentials
Location
Corner of Lamont & Veterans Way
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Mountain Home
TN
37684
U.S.A.
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Southeast US
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Description
Heavily geriatric ocular disease VAMC, Externs will do full and problem oriented exam independently and present their findings and plan to the attending. Externs will see diabetes, glaucoma, vascular diseases, macular degeneration, NAION, etc. Johnson City is a beautiful, friendly small town in Northeast Tennessee, ~ 1 hour from Asheville, NC. Students receive a small stipend for lunch daily.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Expect externs to become more confident and competent in the treatment and management of ocular disease in the geriatric population by the completion of the rotation.
Externs will improve their differential diagnoses ability.
Externs will leave the rotation more prepared for the independent practice of optometry.
Number of Student Encounters
Average number of patients per week per student:
35
40
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Relative Percentage of Student Encounters
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20
% = Routine Refractive
% = Contact Lens
% = Ocular Disease
% = Pediatric / Binocular Vision
% = Low Vision
Facility Details
Required equipment:
Contact for externship liason:
Nanette Coelho, OD
nanette.coelho@va.gov
423-929-1171 x2959
Arrival procedure for students:
Student should contact Dr. Coelho by email as soon as assignment is made to place a request for housing. Student should then contact Dr. Coelho 6-8 weeks prior to rotation so that VA “employment” forms and fingerprint/background check information can be emailed directly. It is MANDATORY that all externs complete paperwork as well as fingerprinting/background check prior to arrival. Fingerprinting and background check MUST be completed at any VA facility. Report to eye clinic - identify self to secretary as extern, ask for Dr. Coelho. Orientation will be provided from there. Have your PPD, HEP B, other immunizations and copy of CPR card sent to Dr. Coelho by the first day of clinic.
Attending Staff - Full Time:
Loren W. Bennett, OD (Primary Care, Ocular Disease)
Harold R. Bohlman, OD (Primary Care, Ocular Disease)
Nanette M. Coelho, OD (Primary Care, Ocular Disease)
Dax Grey, OD (Primary Care, Ocular Disease)
Ami Nadolsky, OD (Primary Care, Ocular Disease)
Gary Nadolsky, OD (Primary Care, Ocular Disease)
Miscellaneous comments:
For house rental contact Frances Ponder at matsonrdrental@gmail.com
Additional Information:
Click here to review onboarding requirements. If you do not see your site listed on Sharepoint, contact your preceptor directly.
Student Review
"Such a great site! It is great experience to learn from each of the doctors here and they treat you as a colleague and encourage you to make your own management decisions while helping you to learn from their recommendations as well. This site offers great ocular disease experience and management of those diseases. The attending doctors are all great to work with and they really let you do most of the patient education which is important moving forward as a future doctor."
Ocular Disease
Facility specialties:
Facility category:
Ocular Disease (Specialty 2)
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Facility website
Student Clinic Hours
4:30 pm
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