Externship Site
University of Chicago Medical Center
ICO STUDENTS ACCEPTED WINTER AND SPRING QUARTERS ONLY
Essentials
Location
5758 South Maryland Avenue
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Chicago
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U.S.A.
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Midwest U.S.
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Suite 1B
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Description
Outpatient eye clinic of department of ophthalmology at an academic medical center/teaching hospital. Optometry service provides primary care and surgical co-management alongside ophthalmologists. The core mission is to train ophthalmology residents and optometry residents together and demonstrate a successful academic practice in hospital-based optometry.
Objectives:
1. Demonstrate the integrative role of optometrist in hospital setting alongside ophthalmologists.
2. Demonstrate effective communication with patient education and again practical experience managing referral with other healthcare professionals in a wide variety of clinical conditions and medical scenarios.
3. Demonstrate pragmatic approach to clinical care and patient management in comprehensive healthcare system (i.e. use critical thinking and problem-solving skills to diagnose and deliver eye care).
Number of Student Encounters
Average number of patients per week per student:
40/week
~24
How many are full exams?
How many are special testing?
Varies
How many are observation only?
~10 (ophthalmology subspecialties - may vary)
Relative Percentage of Student Encounters
15
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% = Routine Refractive
% = Contact Lens
% = Ocular Disease
% = Pediatric / Binocular Vision
% = Low Vision
Facility Details
Required equipment:
Condensing Lens
Contact for externship liason:
Arrival procedure for students:
Hospital orientation and credentialing process prior to starting. Expectations and deatils for on-boarding will be sent separately.
Attending Staff - Full Time
Steven Quan, OD (Primary Care, Ocular Disease)
Pathik Amin, OD (Primary Care, Glaucoma)
Attending Staff - Part Time or OMDs
Asim Farooq, MD (Cornea/External Disease)
Hassan Shah, MD (Oculoplastics)
Mary Qiu, MD (Glaucoma)
*others to be determined pending availability and the extern clinical interests
Miscellaneous comments:
3 full days with different optometrist attendings, 1 full day with ophthalmology specialists, 1 half-day in consult/urgent care service with optometry/ophthalmology resident, and 1 half-day admin/didactic time for self-study, journal club, lectures.
-unique proximity and relationship with ICO
-good inclusion culture and working relationship with ophthalmology in hospital setting with ophthalmology resident adjacent
-opportunities to see inter-professional referrals and systemic co-management of ocular cases
-high level of complexity and percentage of ocular disease at medical practice
-depending on ophthalmologist’s preferences and clinic flow, student extern may conduct eye exams and present to attending (not just observation) in subspecialities of glaucoma, retina, oculoplastics, cornea.
Externs will have daily interactions with UChicago Medicine ophthalmology residents and attendings. There are researchers and Pritzker School of Medicine students that frequently rotate though the department as well.
Additional Information:
Click here to review onboarding requirements. If you do not see your site listed on Sharepoint, contact your preceptor directly.
Student Review
Ocular Disease, Primary Care, Pediatrics/Binocular Vision
Facility specialties:
Facility category:
Ocular Disease (Specialty 2)
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Facility website
Student Clinic Hours
5:00 pm
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Additional Info about Hours:
See misc comments for additional details.
Hospital Based
Facility Type