Externship Site
University of Minnesota
ICO STUDENTS ACCEPTED EACH QUARTER
Essentials
Location
526 Delaware St SE, MMC 493, Floor 9
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Minneapolis
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Midwest US
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Description
PLEASE NOTE: THIS SITE HAS TWO SLOTS:
1) Hospital Based Survey of Optometric Subspecialties
2) Hospital Based Pediatric Optometry
This will be clearly delineated on the selection sign up.
1. Hospital Based Survey of Optometric Subspecialties (one student/quarter):
This externship provides exposure to adult primary care, hospital-based pediatrics, low vision, specialty contact lenses, hospital consults, and surgical observations. The student rotates with different providers between 3 separate clinics all on the University of Minnesota medical campus.
2. Hospital Based Pediatric Optometry (one student/quarter):
This externship is in a hospital-based pediatric clinic. The student will work with two attending optometrists seeing patients in a clinical setting for 80% of their rotation. The remaining 20% of the rotation, there will be the opportunity to rotate with the pediatric ophthalmologists as well as the other optometry and ophthalmology clinics.
This rotation allows the student to work in 4 different clinics within the department of ophthalmology and visual neurosciences, with a different attending for each. At the end of the rotation, the student is required to write a case report abstract about an interesting patient seen.
Learning Objectives:
Specialty Contact Lens Fitting
Pediatric Exam and Management
Ocular Disease and surgery co-management
Number of Student Encounters
Average number of patients per week per student:
50
40
How many are full exams?
How many are special testing?
5
How many are observation only?
5
Relative Percentage of Student Encounters
10
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% = Routine Refractive
% = Contact Lens
% = Ocular Disease
% = Pediatric / Binocular Vision
% = Low Vision
Facility Details
Required equipment:
Clinic coat
Contact for externship liason:
Hospital-Based Survey of Optometric Subspecialties:
Andrew Ritter, OD
ajritter@umn.edu
612-676-5038
Hospital-Based Pediatric Optometry
Meredith Stallone, OD
mstallon10@umphysicians.umn.edu
612-365-8350
Arrival procedure for students:
Contact Dr. Ritter (survey of optometric subspecialties) or Dr. Stallone (pediatric optometry) for information prior to arrival by email. on the first day. The student will obtain EHR and computer access, ID badges, and given a tour of the facilities. The clinic uses PLUS cylinder.
Attending Staff - Full Time:
Andrew Ritter, OD, FAAO (Primary Care, Pediatrics, Ocular Disease)
Cheryl Zabrowski, OD, FAAO (Primary Care, Contact Lens, Ocular Disease)
Christian Larson, OD (Vision Rehabilitation, Ocular Disease)
Denh Tuyen, OD (Ocular Disease)
Meredith Stallone OD, FAAO (Pediatrics, Ocular Disease)
Miscellaneous comments:
Paid parking is available on a pay-per-day basis; but there is also available public transportation.
Additional Information:
Click here to review onboarding requirements. If you do not see your site listed on Sharepoint, contact your preceptor directly.
Student Review
"My expectations were definitely met for this site! I wanted to work mostly on treatment and management. All of the preceptors I worked with would include me in the discussion for patient plans, which made it more of a learning experience. The clinics were all efficiently ran by the technicians, doctors and staff and definitely helped me become more efficient throughout the quarter. I really enjoyed this site because you had the opportunity to rotate through a different speciality each day (primary care, contact lens, pediatrics, TBI/low vision) with a different preceptor. I feel I learned a lot from each preceptor and all of them were great to work with! They were all very approachable and I never felt uncomfortable asking questions since you mainly work one-on-one with the doctors. I was able to observe cataract surgeries and an in-office oculoplastic procedure. I feel I am a more well-rounded optometry student after this rotation."
Contact Lens, Pediatrics/Vision Therapy, Ocular Disease
Facility specialties:
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Ocular Disease (Specialty 2)
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Additional Info about Hours:
Students are expected to arrive at 7 am but first patient may be scheduled after 7. Use that time to set up and prechart. Friday morning is "office hours" for writing, studying, etc.
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