College of Optometry - Mission and Goals
Mission Statement
The mission of the Western University of Health Sciences College of Optometry is:
- To graduate caring, comprehensive optometrists who can enhance visual function throughout the lifespan of each unique individual, and serve the increasing public need in neuro-optometry encompassing: learning disabilities, brain injury, developmental disabilities, and the visually impaired.
- To advance scientific inquiry with particular emphasis upon studies in: neurological function; visual-spatial perception, visual-vestibular integration, visual attention, lighting, and human behavior; vision and learning; orientation and mobility in the visually impaired; and, efficacy of various treatment procedures and interventions.
- To provide health care services to the public in: primary care, pediatrics, geriatrics, low vision, vision therapy, sports vision, and neuro-optometry.
Goals
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Recruit the best students
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Maximize student retention and licensure
- Provide an innovative curriculum emphasizing key areas
- Recruit and retain the best faculty aligned with the key areas
- Create infrastructure and support for scholarly activity
- Seek collaborative opportunities and external funding for scientific inquiry
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Seek collaborative opportunities maximizing clinical education with excellence in patient care
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Integrate community and public service within curriculum and patient care
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Integrate health care services with innovative curriculum
- Integrate health care services with clinical research
Visual Overview of Mission and Goals

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