To do a residency or not to do a residency: that is the question. This brief article compiles some of the most important information, resources, and websites for those trying to figure out if a residency is right for them!
FAQs about residencies
http://www.opted.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3430
Benefits
- Gain experience
- Acquire mentors
- Increase your marketability
- Expand career options
- Get a jump start on board certification and American Academy of Optometry fellowship
Finding a residency
- Forums and luncheons
- Optometry school websites
- IAUPR – www.optonet.inter.edu/academic_offer/residency_program.asp
- ICO- http://www.ico.edu/residency-programs
- IU- http://www.opt.indiana.edu/programs/residenc/index.htm
- MCO- http://www.ferris.edu/htmls/colleges/michopt/education-programs/media/residencybrochure20112012.pdf
- NECO- http://www.neco.edu/students/residencies/
- NOVA- http://www.nova.edu/optometry/residency/residency.html
- NSUOCO- http://optometry.nsuok.edu/ResidencyProgram.aspx
- OSU- http://optometry.osu.edu/residency/
- PCOSU- http://www.salus.edu/od_residency/index.html
- PUCO-http://www.salus.edu/od_residency/index.html
- SCCO- http://www.salus.edu/od_residency/index.html[TLO1]
- SCO- http://www.sco.edu/residencies
- SUNY- http://www.sunyopt.edu/education/academics/residency_programs
- UAB-http://www.uab.edu/optometry/futurestudents/become-a-uabso-resident
- UCB- http://optometry.berkeley.edu/residency/introduction
- UHCO- http://www.opt.uh.edu/academics/Residencies/
- UMSL- http://www.umsl.edu/~optomety/Academic%20Programs/residencies/about_res.html
- By location, type or school http://asco.surveydomain.org/residency/search
Application Process
- Application Timeline- http://www.natmatch.com/ormatch/aboutdates.html
- ORMatch- http://www.natmatch.com/ormatch.html
If you decide a residency is the right choice for you, don’t forget to prepare for your interviews and dress for success! Good luck!
