title: A brief history of optometric residency education.
abstract: Residency education in optometry has enjoyed remarkable growth as evidenced by the proliferation of the number of residency programs. This paper briefly reviews the history of residency programs in optometry in the United States.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000639:trends*; D009907:Optometry / Q000193:education*; D014481:United States