NSU Oklahoma College of Optometry Residency in Family Practice Optometry with a MBA

Category:
Family Practice Optometry

School Affiliation:
Northeastern State University Oklahoma College of Optometry

Residency Location:
NSU Oklahoma College of Optometry

1001 North Grand Avenue
Tahlequah, OK 74464-7017
Phone: 918-456-5511 ext 4007
Fax: 918-458-2104

Coordinator:
Lynn Cyert Ph.D. O.D. - cyert@nsuok.edu
Residency Director:
Wesley DeRosier, O.D. F.A.A.O. - opt_residencies@cherokee.nsuok.edu

Key Residency Information:

Residency Description:

This unique program combines a Residency in Family Practice Optometry offered by Northeastern State University College of Optometry with a Masters of Business Administration Degree (M.B.A.) offered by NSU College of Business and Industry. This program is open to U.S. Army optometrists.

Expected weekly hours of duty are 40 hours per week with on call duties. The forty hours includes being scheduled in Family Practice Residency activities 20 hours a week, with the remainder of the week being devoted to pursuing a Masters in Business Administration (class and study time). Call is shared by the four Family Practice Residents and the Cornea and Contact Lenses Resident. The Army Family Practice Optometry Resident is half time in the residency program for two years, and he or she is assigned half as much call as the other residents each year of his or her program. The Army Family Practice Resident is scheduled for a total of about 5-6 weeks of call during each residency program year. Attendance of continuing education may lengthen the weekly hours of duties.

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