Externship Site
Pierce Vision Specialists
ICO STUDENTS ACCEPTED EACH QUARTER
Essentials
Location
3626 South Ave.
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Springfield
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U.S.A.
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Midwest U.S.
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Description
PVS is a busy private practice in an ever-growing community in Southwest Missouri. Students will participate in exams, pre-testing, vision therapy, specialty contact lens fitting, low vision evaluations, perceptual testing, lectures to teachers/universities/psychologists, etc, study group discussions and local optometric and ophthalmological meetings.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
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To help provide a learning experience that allows a student to understand the day to day workings of a private practice.
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To build confidence in examination procedures for several types of exams including pediatric, low vision, contact lenses (including specialty fits), vision therapy and urgent eyecare.
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To help expand upon the students’ classroom education with an open and welcoming environment for increasing knowledge in every aspect of optometry.
Number of Student Encounters
Average number of patients per week per student:
100
75
How many are full exams?
How many are special testing?
10
How many are observation only?
15
Relative Percentage of Student Encounters
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% = Routine Refractive
% = Contact Lens
% = Ocular Disease
% = Pediatric / Binocular Vision
% = Low Vision
Facility Details
Required equipment:
retinoscope
Contact for externship liason:
Angie Kallmbah
info@piercevision.com
417-887-7151
Arrival procedure for students:
Student should contact site6- 8 weeks before rotation to introduce themselves and ask any specific questions and be provided with information bout our practice management software. On first day, arrive at 8:30 AM, check in with Angie Kallmbah (office manager) to see clinic layout, then interview with doctors. Staff will explain EHR system, pre-testing sequence, assign locker and general clinic guidelines.
Attending Staff - Full Time:
David M. Pierce, OD (Primary Care, Pediatrics / Vision Therapy)
Courtney L. Wintjen, OD (Primary Care, Contact Lens)
Julia Mobilio, OD ( Primary Care, Contact Lens)
Miscellaneous comments:
Missouri Eye Institute is one block away. A close working relationship exists. Students may observe there.
Additional Information:
Click here to review onboarding requirements. If you do not see your site listed on Sharepoint, contact your preceptor directly.
Student Review
"This site has, by far, been the best externship experience. The doctors are amazing, the staff is great, and the patient base provides a multitude of exposure. I have learned so much about myself and my clinical skills have grown more than I could have imagined. I wish I could stay here forever, the site is AMAZING!!! This site provides a little bit of everything from vision therapy to low vision to specialty contact lens fits."
Pediatrics/Vision Therapy, Contact Lens
Facility specialties:
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Peds/BV/Advanced CL/VR (Specialty 3)
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Facility website
Student Clinic Hours
4:00 pm
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Additional Info about Hours:
Student may work with Dr Wintjen also if wants more contact lens, primary care.
Private
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