visual therapy

[Ibabiejae]

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does anyone know which school provides the best visual therapy program? thanks.

 

[obri22]

Michigan College of Optometry has a really good vision therapy program. I shaddowed Dr. Dan Wrubel there, and was actually a vision therapy patient of his for a summer.

 

[prettygreeneyes]

I'd definitely look into Pacific as well. www.opt.pacificu.edu

 

[Ibabiejae]

Thank you! :] I am already applying to michigan state.. so that'll be nice. pacific is slightly farther than I want to be from home (Illinois)...

This is going to sound ultimately silly but how do specializations work in optometry school? Do you take extra courses? Or do you get qualified as a speciality doctor via residency?

Ahh.. Im so confused :[.

 

[cunikki]

technically you cannot 'specialize' as an optometrist... i believe most states prohibit you from advertising yourself with any sort of specialization. there arent any extra classes you can really take (ps if you are interested in vt scco has a ton as well.. far more than i am interested in 🙂 ) if you want to do vt as the mainstay of your practice i would do a residency in it.. but honestly what i have found is that most of vt training and stuff can be done by someone with a hs diploma. at my school you are in the vt department for 4 hours every week from summer of second year on and there are also rotation sites for 4th year where all you do is vt.. they are usually pretty easy to get because a lot of people are not usually interested in that. what makes you interested?

 

[daysend85]

Thank you! :] I am already applying to michigan state.. so that'll be nice. pacific is slightly farther than I want to be from home (Illinois)...

This is going to sound ultimately silly but how do specializations work in optometry school? Do you take extra courses? Or do you get qualified as a speciality doctor via residency?

Ahh.. Im so confused :[.

At PCO, I'm fairly certain that you get a master's degree after doing extra coursework.

 

[tInAkRiS]

SUNY has a strong vision therapy program, and I believe SCO does too

 

[Mellie]

I thought that Optometrists can specialize in subfields such as low-vision, pediatric, cornea/contact lenses, etc. And this required 1 additional year after 4 years of grad work.

 

[cunikki]

you are not legally allowed to advertise as a specialist as an optometrist. if you do a residency in one of those areas it could probably help your practice but you can just as easily do any of those specialties without any residency or extra training. od is a 4 year doctor of optometry degree and thats about it.