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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
  • Recruit the best students
  • 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
  • Seek collaborative opportunities maximizing clinical education with excellence in patient care
  • Integrate community and public service within curriculum and patient care
  • Integrate health care services with innovative curriculum
  • Integrate health care services with clinical research

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Last Updated:05/05/2008