Externship Site
Womack Army Medical Center
ICO STUDENTS ACCEPTED EACH QUARTER
Essentials
Location
2817 Reilly Road
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Fort Bragg
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28310
U.S.A.
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Southeast US
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Description
Womack Army Medical Center, built in 2000, is a United States Army-run military hospital that is located on Fort Bragg near Fayetteville, North Carolina. The facility is named for Medal of Honor recipient Bryant H. Womack. The mission of the Department of Optometry is to provide the highest quality primary eye care to eligible patients within the constraints of available personnel, equipment, and facilities. The Department of Optometry has the mission of training/supervising civilian student externs participating in the Senior Optometry Student Externship Program.
The students will alternate between urgent care and primary care clinics weekly. They can also work in the specialty contact lens once per week. There is interprofessional opportunities with PA and family medicaine residents and Special Forces medics. There is a large refractive surgery practice, and students will see pre- and post op PRK, LASIK and cornea crosslinking.
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Relative Percentage of Student Encounters
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% = Routine Refractive
% = Contact Lens
% = Ocular Disease
% = Pediatric / Binocular Vision
% = Low Vision
Facility Details
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Arrival procedure for students:
The GME office will contact the student months prior to rotation for instructions and paperwork. On first day, report to the WAMC Optometry Clinic to meet clinic personnel. Student will be escorted through the in-processing procedure. The first few days the student will be
Attending Staff - Full Time:
Jose Capo-Aponte, OD (Primary Care)
Steven Gutierrez, OD (Primary Care, Ocular Disease)
David Petrik, OD (Primary Care, Ocular Disease)
Toni Zimmerman, OD (Primary Care, Ocular Disease)
Douglas Grey, OD (Primary Care, Ocular Disease)
Jill Bakota-Gutierrez, OD (Primary Care, Vision Rehabilitation)
Steven Klein, OD (Primary Care, Vision Rehabilitation, Ocular Disease)
Winston Posvar, OD (Primary Care, Ocular Disease)
Attending Staff - Part Time:
Kyle Packer, MD (Ocular Disease)
James Weightman, MD (Pediatrics / Vision Therapy, Ocular Disease)
Robert Carroll, MD (Ocular Disease)
Anton Vasvov, MD (Ocular Disease)
Miscellaneous comments:
Approximate housing costs: $500-900/apt and $1000 for a home about 20 minutes off base.
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 is one of the best sites in terms of exposure to a large variety of patients as well as conditions. They also work very closely with Ophthalmology, which adds to the exchange. I feel like I received a very well-rounded experience, including specialty contact lens exposure and shadowing Ophthalmology for procedures.
Contact Lens, Ocular Disease
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Peds/BV/Advanced CL/VR (Specialty 3)
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Student Clinic Hours
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1 hour break for lunch daily
Military
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