title: What are the pros and cons of requiring postgraduate residency training as an entry-level practice requirement?
abstract: Postgraduate residency training would produce better trained optometrists to meet the future needs of optometry. While residency training would expose a new graduate to experience that may take years to acquire, currently there is no mechanism in place to accommodate such a program.
authors.affiliation: Council on Clinical Optometric Care, Fairfield, CT 06430.
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Gruning
mesh_terms: D004496:Education, Continuing / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D009907:Optometry / Q000193:education*; D011364:Professional Practice / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States