Optometry in Israel--a clinical externship.
In recent years, it has become the policy of optometric institutions to expand the scope of the clinical education experience beyond the geographical locale of the parent facility. This article is a presentation of the background and description of one such clinical program organized by the New England College of Optometry with the cooperation of the Department of Ophthalmology Hadassah Hebrew Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
D003261:Contact Lenses; D003263:Contact Lenses, Hydrophilic; D003479:Curriculum; D004594:Electrophysiology; D006801:Humans; D007393:International Educational Exchange; D007557:Israel; D009907:Optometry / Q000193:education*; D014481:United States