The External Rotation Program provides fourth year interns with the opportunity to rotate through up to two different off-campus clinical sites. Each rotation lasts twelve weeks. The externship program enhances the intern's clinical knowledge and skills through intensive clinical experience. The program provides quality exposure in diverse clinical settings including Veteran's Administration Medical Centers, referral centers, military bases, HMO's, urban family clinics, hospital clinics, and Indian Health Service facilities. Interns have the opportunity to explore different areas of specialty within the practice of contemporary optometry: contact lens, vision training, ocular disease, pediatrics, and low vision. The experience at externship sites promotes the intern's skills as a primary eye care provider and develops his or her ability to deliver quality care in accessible healthcare facilities.
The externship faculty, composed of leading clinicians throughout the country, participates not only at their respective facilities, but also at the SUNY College of Optometry through lectures, presentations, and continuing education programs. As SUNY faculty members, they are responsible for the supervision, training, and evaluation of interns studying at off-campus sites.
Facilities affiliated with the Externship Program:
Aran Eye Associates; North Miami, FL
Bethesda Navel Medical Center; Bethesda, MD
Capital Eye Consultants; Fairfax, VA
East New York Diagnostic & Treatment Center; Brooklyn, NY
Keller Army Community Hospital; West Point, NY
Lighthouse International, New York, NY
Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton; Camp Pendleton, CA
Oklahoma City Area Indian Health Service; Lawton, OK
Omni Eye Services of Atlanta; Atlanta, GA
Omni Eye Services of Baltimore; Baltimore, MD
Omni Eye Services of New Jersey; Iselin, NJ
Travis Air Force Base; CA
VA Extended Care Facility; St. Albans, NY
VA Healthcare Network; Syracuse, NY
VA Hudson Valley Health Care System; Montrose & Castle Point, NY
VA Maryland Healthcare System Perry Point, PA
VA Medical Center; Baltimore, MD
VA Medical Center; Brooklyn, NY
VA Medical Center; Newington, NY
VA Medical Center; Lyons, NY
VA Medical Center; Northport, CT
VA Medical Center; Philadelphia, PA
VA Medical Center; Sayre, PA
VA Medical Center; Tucson, AZ
VA Medical Center; West Haven, CT
VA Medical Center; Wilmington, DE
Vision Institute of Canada; Toronto, Ontario
Walter Reed Army Medical Center; Washington, DC
Woodhull Medical & Mental Healathcare Center, Brooklyn, NY
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