Externship Site
MyEyeDr - Ossip
ICO STUDENTS ACCEPTED EACH QUARTER
Essentials
Location
316 W. 161st St.
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Westfield
IN
46074
U.S.A.
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Midwest US
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Description
MyEyeDr (formally Ossip Optometry) is a multi-site private practice with locations in the greater Indianapolis, IN area. The extern will rotate through four clinics that provide different experiences in primary care optometry, including specialty contact lens care, pediatric exams, glaucoma treatment, and other anterior and posterior segment ocular disease management. All locations are equipped with diagnostic technology including OCT and Optomap. Externs can expect to log 500-600 patient encounters during the rotation.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
1. To learn how to provide an efficient primary care exam in a real-world setting.
2. To expand the extern’s knowledge base and develop skills related to the everyday practice of optometry.
3. To have the ability to work with multiple practitioners in order to gain a balanced and varied experience of practice.
Number of Student Encounters
Average number of patients per week per student:
60
60
How many are full exams?
How many are special testing?
5
How many are observation only?
Relative Percentage of Student Encounters
50
15
25
10
0
% = Routine Refractive
% = Contact Lens
% = Ocular Disease
% = Pediatric / Binocular Vision
% = Low Vision
Facility Details
Required equipment:
None
Contact for externship liason:
Arrival procedure for students:
You will spend your first three days with Dr. Corey at the Westfield location. Please arrive at our opening time and check in with the front desk.
Attending Staff - Full Time:
Natalie E. Corey Tangen, OD (Primary Care, Contact Lens)
Karen Bickel, OD (Primary Care, Ocular Disease)
Brad Hiatt, OD (Primary Care, Ocular Disease)
Kelly Gelarden, OD (Primary Care)
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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 enjoyed my experience at Ossip. All of the attendings are very helpful, approachable, and want you to learn. You go to 4 different locations to get exposed to different things. Anderson has a lot of retinal disease (sarcoid, juxtafoveal telangiectasia, diabetic ret, AMD). Westfield is mostly primary care with some specialty lenses (specialty soft, sclerals, ortho-K, hybrids). Eagle Creek has a lot of glaucoma, retinal disease (CNVM, diabetic ret, AMD), and urgent care visits (foreign bodies, conj cysts, viral conjunctivitis). Greenwood is a mostly primary care with a few urgent care visits. You'll fit soft lenses at all locations and become more comfortable with fitting multifocals and monovision. I also improved significantly on coding/billing which will be beneficial upon graduation. Technicians work up the patients and it's nice to have a lot of technology at your disposal. The EHR system is easy to use."
Primary Care
Facility specialties:
Facility category:
Primary Care (Specialty 1)
Max number of ICO students?
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Do you provide formal journal club, case discussion, grand rounds?
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Facility website
Student Clinic Hours
5:00 pm
8:00 am
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Additional Info about Hours:
Hours are either 8-5 or 9-6, depending on location. The student rotates between all 4 offices during the week.
The schedule is provided prior to the start of the rotation
Lunch hour is provided
Saturdays can be used as a makeup day if needed
Private
Facility Type