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Clinical Imperatives for Academic Reform in the Optometric Biosciences.
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Barresi, Barry J. – Journal of Optometric Education, 1991
Bioscience education in optometric professional programs must be expanded in scope, raised to a higher level of academic rigor, and strengthened with new faculty and institutional learning resources. However, no single route of curriculum reform will guarantee successful innovation in the basic bioscience education of optometrists; several…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Biology, Change Strategies, Curriculum Development
Academic Restructuring: Options and Strategies.
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Freddo, Thomas F. – Journal of Optometric Education, 1991
For the primary eye care practitioner in the 1990s and beyond, the basic biomedical sciences have supplanted physiological optics as the primary academic discipline underlying the practice of optometry. Several curriculum development options are available to incorporate the needed material, but a core curriculum is essential at all institutions.…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Biology, Change Strategies, Core Curriculum
Curriculum Model for Optometry: Outcomes of the Process.
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Berman, Morris S. – Optometric Education, 1994
A national conference of colleges of optometry focused on planning for optometric curricular reform and faculty development. Issues addressed included changes needed to meet entry-level professional needs, available resources, changes in optometry practice, and optometry's role in health care reform. Task forces worked together to develop a…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Outcomes Assessment, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Faculty Promotion and Tenure Processes and Standards Revisited at the New England College of Optometry.
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Lampariello, David A. – Optometric Education, 1998
In 1996-97 the New England College of Optometry revised the faculty promotion and tenure process by recognizing the diverse and unique contributions of all faculty. The redefined process is structured to accommodate ongoing changes within the academic community. The institution's governance structure, guiding principles for tenure and promotion,…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Allied Health Occupations Education, Change Strategies, College Faculty
Increasing Diversity.
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Weaver, Richard D.; Wood, Douglas – Optometric Education, 1996
Educators in dentistry and osteopathy discuss efforts within their fields to diversify clinical education. Dental school changes focus on curriculum reform, closer education-care delivery relationship, patient centeredness, comprehensive care experiences, and patient care as a distinct mission of dental education. Efforts in osteopathy emphasize…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Change Strategies, Clinical Experience, Clinical Teaching (Health Professions)
Current Issues Concerning Clinical Optometric Education. Keynote Address.
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Imperato, Pascal James – Optometric Education, 1996
Clinical optometric education is in flux. It must meet the challenges of advances in bioscience, newer diagnostic and therapeutic modalities, a changing health care environment, and interdisciplinary learning for problem solving; engender social responsibility; promote good provider-patient relations; stress primary care; and emphasize prevention.…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Change Strategies, Clinical Diagnosis, Clinical Experience