Optometric Education: A Summary Report. National Study of Optometric Education.

Overview & Synopsis

This document is a lengthy summary of the Report of the National Study of Optometric Education. Contents include: introductory material; evolution of optometric training; vision care; institutions providing optometric education and their objectives; the scope of optometry; educational implications of contemporary developments in optometric practices; manpower in optometry; faculty, curricula and libraries of colleges of optometry; students of optometry; vision research and optometric education; and financing optometric education. Recommendations concern cooperation with other professions, manpower in optomery, curriculum in optometry, faculty in schools of optometry, students of optometry, and financing optometric education. (MJM)