title: What are the pros and cons of requiring postgraduate residency training as an entry level practice requirement?
abstract: The technological and knowledge explosion that has occurred in this century has created a curriculum crunch within all health professional schools. The various optometric institutions are dealing with this crunch and important decisions need to be made in order to provide the best entry-level practitioners possible. This paper provides some of the pros and cons of requiring a year of postgraduate training as a requirement for entry level optometry practice.
authors.affiliation: Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR 97116.
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Walls
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003479:Curriculum; D004496:Education, Continuing / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000592:standards; D009907:Optometry / Q000193:education*; D014481:United States