Externship Site
Meyer Eyecare / Neurosensory Vision Integration Clinic
ICO STUDENTS ACCEPTED EACH QUARTER
Essentials
Location
13114 S. Western Ave
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Blue Island
IL
60406
U.S.A.
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Midwest U.S.
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Description
Private practice with 2 doctors who treat pediatrics/strabismus (Early Intervention providers), glaucoma, ARMD, Dry Eye, MGD/Blepharitis, and other diseases. We do specialty contact lens fits and have a Neurosensory Vision Integration Clinic. There is a large optical area with a great selection of frames. Our instrumentation includes OCT-angioplex, Humphrey Visual Field, Diopsys ERG/VEP, Lipiscan, Lipiflow, BlephexAdaptDx, Digital Autorefractor, MPOD, and EyeRes slit cameras.
Students are required to participate in 1-2 vision screenings per year if it falls during their quarter rotation.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
1. Through the utilization of technology, the student will gain confidence in the diagnosis and treatment of ocular disease and dry eye as well as the management of emergency patients.
2. The student will develop high-level clinical skills in the private practice setting.
3. The student will be exposed to pediatrics/binocular vision and integrative vision therapy.
4. The students will achieve a greater understanding of medical billing and coding
Number of Student Encounters
Average number of patients per week per student:
40
How many are full exams?
How many are special testing?
25
How many are observation only?
10
Relative Percentage of Student Encounters
50
15
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% = Routine Refractive
% = Contact Lens
% = Ocular Disease
% = Pediatric / Binocular Vision
% = Low Vision
Facility Details
Required equipment:
Scopes, BIO, 90D lens
Contact for externship liason:
Jan Kamp
jkamp@meyereyecare.com
(708)388-1228
Arrival procedure for students:
Contact Jan Kemp by email 4 weeks prior to the start of the rotation. There will be an initial orientation to learn our EHR (Maximeyes)
Attending Staff - Full Time:
Jill Ingelse, OD (Primary Care, Contact Lens, Pediatrics / Vision Therapy, Ocular Disease)
Daniel Ahrens, OD (Primary Care, Contact Lens, Pediatrics / Vision Therapy, Ocular Disease)
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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 loved this site. This private practice has a wide spectrum of different conditions encountered daily. I was able to see lots of contact lens related exams as well as pediatrics and vision therapy which were my three main areas I was hoping to encounter the most. You get a handful of emergency visits and do lots of dry eye management. And both doctors also get lots of developmental disability patients and early intervention patients. If you are looking to sharpen up your BIO, 78/90 skills I would say this is not the place only because the majority of patients choose to get photos done over dilation. This practice utilizes LOTS of current technology (cameras on every slit lamp, Optomap, Lipiscan, Bleph X, Lipiflow, Electrodiagnostics, VF, OCT, VTS 4, SANET). The Vision therapy that this practice provides isn’t the old school VT that you think of and instead is very technology forward and really fun. You are also expected to do your own coding but they will teach you/help you your entire time there. Overall a great site!
Contact Lens, Pediatrics/Vision Therapy, Ocular Disease
Facility specialties:
Facility category:
Peds/BV/Advanced CL/VR (Specialty 3)
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Facility website
Student Clinic Hours
3:30 pm
7:30 am
12:00 pm
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Additional Info about Hours:
May adjust hours if needed; student may be asked to help with vision screenings
Private
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