Externship Site
Quality Eye Care Clinic
ICO STUDENTS ACCEPTED EACH QUARTER
Essentials
Location
502 Waverly Dr.
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State:
Zip:
Elgin
IL
60120
U.S.A.
Country:
Midwest US
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Description
Quality Eye Clinic is a busy private practice in the northwest suburbs of Chicago with three full-time optometrists and a visiting ophthalmologist who provides monthly surgical consultations. The clinic provides full-scope optometric care for patients of all ages, with a strong emphasis on ocular disease management, dry eye treatment, and ocular emergencies.
Learning Objectives:
Develop proficiency in dry eye diagnosis and management, including use of advanced technologies such as LipiScan, LipiFlow, and tear osmolarity testing.
Diagnose and manage glaucoma and anterior segment disease.
Identify and evaluate diabetic retinopathy and other retinal pathology.
Participate in pre-operative and post-operative surgical care and co-management.
Number of Student Encounters
Average number of patients per week per student:
60-80
50
How many are full exams?
How many are special testing?
How many are observation only?
0
Relative Percentage of Student Encounters
30
40
40
4
3
% = Routine Refractive
% = Contact Lens
% = Ocular Disease
% = Pediatric / Binocular Vision
% = Low Vision
Facility Details
Required equipment:
None
Contact for externship liason:
Manal Hajali
dr@qeyec.com
(847) 697-7771
Arrival procedure for students:
Students will observe the OD for a week or so, then will be seeing patients on their own, under the supervision of the OD.
Attending Staff Full-Time:
Manal Hajali OD; Primary Care, Contact Lens, Pediatrics/Vision Therapy, Vision Rehab, Ocular Disease
Yasham Alam OD; Primary Care, Contact Lens, Pediatrics/Vision Therapy, Vision Rehab, Ocular Disease
Nicole Carbonaro OD; Primary Care, Contact Lens, Pediatrics/Vision Therapy, Ocular Disease
Attending Staff Part-Time:
Mateen Aliniazee MD; Primary Care, Ocular Disease
Miscellaneous comments:
Additional Information:
Click here to review onboarding requirements. If you do not see your site listed on Sharepoint, contact your preceptor directly.
Student Review
During my time at Quality Eye Care I was able to see many patients and improve my efficiency. A lot of the patients I saw were simple refractions, refractive amblyopia (mostly due to lots of cyl) and dry eye/blepharitis. This clinic really pushes dry eye treatment (blephex, lipiflow etc) to almost every patient. The first few weeks there is a lot of observation (the goal being that you can understand the flow of the clinic before you start seeing patients). This is helpful the first few days but can get repetitive. At times you are observing in the pretest room (watching the techs do auto refraction, iCare, lipiscan etc) for several full days and that would get frustrating. After the observation period, I was able to see a lot of patients. An OMD comes in once per month and does consults for refractive surgery, glaucoma and cataracts and you get to observe. I was not challenged to the extent that I was anticipating at this rotation however, I grew in my ability to preform efficient refractions and assess the anterior segment/dry eye.
Primary Care
Facility specialties:
Facility category:
Primary Care (Specialty 1)
Max number of ICO students?
Housing available or a stipend?
Is this a residency program?
Other externship affiliations?
Do you provide formal journal club, case discussion, grand rounds?
Are meals provided?
Is an automobile necessary?
Is there on-site parking?
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Facility website
Student Clinic Hours
5:00 pm
9:00 am
2:00 pm
9:00 am
CLOSED
CLOSED
6:30 pm
10:00 am
5:00 pm
9:00 pm
6:30 pm
10:00 am
5:30 pm
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Additional Info about Hours:
Comments: Students are scheduled 5 days/week with alternating Saturdays/Wednesdays
Private
Facility Type