Kansas City VA Residency in Ocular Disease and Low Vision Rehabilitation

Category:
Ocular Disease

School Affiliation:
University of Missouri in St. Louis College of Optometry

Residency Location:
Kansas City VA Medical Center

Eye/VICTORS Clinic (112G), Kansas City VA Medical Center
4801 Linwood Blvd.
Kansas City, MO 64128
Phone: 816-861-4700 ext 57434
Fax: 816-922-3382

Coordinator:
Dr. Timothy Harkins - timothy.harkins@.va.gov
Residency Director:
Vinita Henry, O.D. - vhenry@umsl.edu

Key Residency Information:

Residency Description:

The fundamental goal of the Kansas City VA Medical Center's Optometry Residency program is to develop great lifelong learners - doctors who see the value in studying about patient care and doctors who excel at reading the medical literature. Although much of your learning is done on your own, the faculty is always available to guide. The staff teaches you how to read and interpret medical and low vision rehabilitation literature so you can draw your own conclusions and apply your learning to provide excellent patient care. You will become an expert at reading and applying evidence based medicine.

The residency experience is also broadened through our efforts to work on the art of doctoring. We have weekly discussions on a variety of topics that have great relevance to medicine, but are a step beyond the science of medicine – topics that range from patient communication to self awareness to leadership. Great doctors have a great breadth of abilities and we want to help you work on many of them.

A highly motivated resident leaves our program with the savvy to solve a wide range of clinical problems, with the ability to understand medical literature, with a deeper and broader awareness of how the human condition is affected by eye disease and how low vision rehabilitation can help to alleviate many functional problems, and with an unbridled enthusiasm for Optometry. The Kansas City VA Medical Center is an exciting place and has been a major influence on many residents – we encourage you to call them to discuss their own residency experience.

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