Tallahassee VA - Sergeant Ernest I. "Boots" Thomas Clinic

ICO STUDENTS ACCEPTED EACH QUARTER
Essentials
Location
2181 East Orange Ave
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Tallahassee
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32311
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Southeast US
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Description
ICO EXTERNSHIP SITE OF THE YEAR 2021-2022
Number of Student Encounters
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Relative Percentage of Student Encounters
20
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% = Routine Refractive
% = Contact Lens
% = Ocular Disease
% = Pediatric / Binocular Vision
% = Low Vision
Facility Details
Required equipment:
Contact for externship liason:
Brandon Sanders, OD
brandon.sanders2@va.gov
850-878-0191 Ext 2086
Arrival procedure for students:
The student should contact Dr. Sanders and/or admin assistant, Mrs. Janice Branson, by email at least 4-6 weeks prior to rotation. Upon receiving the packet, student should report to the nearest VA facility to obtain finger printing. Orientation packet will be emailed to each student for review before arrival. Proceed directly to the eye clinic on the first day for orientation, tour of facility, and introductions. Student will begin scribing patients on the first day.
Attending Staff - Full Time:
Brandon Sanders, OD (Primary Care, Ocular Disease)
Joni Scott-Weideman, OD (Primary Care, Ocular Disease)
Brady Hanlon, OD (Primary Care, Ocular Disease)
Miscellaneous comments:
No ophthalmologists at the facility. Student will observe with 3 local ophthalmologists specializing in retina, glaucoma, and cataract/cornea.
Additional Information:
Click here to review onboarding requirements. If you do not see your site listed on Sharepoint, contact your preceptor directly.
Student Review
"It was a fantastic site! The doctors are all very willing to teach without any condescending attitudes and the rest of the staff are super nice. You get a lot of independence. The patient demographics are about 50% African American & 50% Caucasian so you'll get to see a high volume of both glaucoma & macular degeneration in addition to most of them having diabetes and/or hypertension. You'll spend 2 days a week, for two weeks shadowing really nice opthalmologists that they refer out to as well. Also, they just moved into a brand new facility so most of the equipment are new."
Ocular Disease
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Ocular Disease (Specialty 2)
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Facility website
Student Clinic Hours
4:00 pm
7:30 am
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