Primary Care/Pediatrics/Contact Lens/Low Vision

Henry Ford Medical Centers

Site 1:
        6530 Farmington Road
        West Bloomfield, MI 48322
        Phone: 248-661-5100
        Fax: 248-661-8816
        Robert Finlay, O.D.
Site 2:
        Henry Ford Medical Center
          735 John R. Road
          Troy MI 48083
           248-544-3290
           Larry Olson, O.D.

Type of Practice: Medical Center HMO

Mission:

The patient's rights and welfare must be given utmost priority.

Number of MCO students per rotation: 2

Orientation Instructions:
You should contact Dr. Finlay 6 weeks prior to the first day of the rotation to verify dates, times, directions, parking, and any other instructions. Report at 7:00 a.m. the first day of the rotation to the West Bloomfield location for orientation to policies, clinical protocol, administrative procedures, etc. Completion of Hepatitis B series is required (unless waiver is signed) and annual TB testing must be completed. BE CERTAIN TO TAKE YOUR CURRENT CPR CRD, TB TEST RESTULTS CARD, AND HEP B (OR WAIVER FORM) TO EACH OF YOUR ROTATION SITES.

If you have any questions, please contact our office at (231) 591-2202 (Elizabeth Spedoske, Assistant Dean’s Office) or (231) 591-2180 (Dr. Bruce Morgan, Director of Externships).

Faculty:
    Contact Person:
            - West Bloomfield
                    Robert V. Finlay, O.D.,
                    E-Mail:rfinlay@optimeyes.com
    Clinical Teaching Faculty:
Robert V. Finlay, O.D.
Curt Wee, O.D.
Larry Olson, O.D.

Support Staff: 7 occupational therapists, 2-3 Opticians, 2 Optometric Technicians/Assistants, 2 Receptionists

Schedule:

Operating Hours:
West Bloomfield
T-Friday: 9:00am-8:00pm, occasional Saturday

Troy

Hours of direct patient care for extern per day: varies (40+ per week)
Number of patients seen by extern per day: 8-12

Educational Objectives:

To provide experience in the delivery of the highest quality primary care available
To provide an environment in which these standards are assimilated by the interns
It is the philosophy of Henry Ford Medical Center that good patient care equates with good clinical education
To provide interns with "Real-World" scheduling
To increase proficiency in performing a low vision evaluation
To increase awareness of multi-disciplinary comprehensive low vision services
To become more familiar with low vision devices and determine which patients are good candidates for use of a particular device
To learn how to address co-morbidities such as depression and loss of activity due to vision loss.

Scope of the Externship:

* Average Number of Patient Examinations
Rotation 1 = 498
Rotation 2 = 548
Rotation 3 = 533

* Average Number of Patient Examinations
Rotation 1 = 463
Rotation 2 = 486
Rotation 3 = 598

* Average Number of Patient Examinations
Rotation 1 = 617
Rotation 2 = 430
Rotation 3 = 709

* Average Number of Patient Examinations
Rotation 1 = 124
Rotation 2 = 493
Rotation 3 = 517

* Average Number of Patient Examinations
Rotation 1 = 121
Rotation 2 = 463
Rotation 3 = 526

PC - Primary Care, CL - Contact Lens, VT - VT Evaluation, LV - LV Evaluation, PD - Pediatric, OD - Ocular Disease, F/U - F/U to monitor Tx plan, PRE - Pre-op, POST - Post-op, SC - Screening/ total numbers, SU - Surgeries observed

Housing:

Not provided by the facility
Approximate cost: $400-600/mo.
Recommend housing in/near West Bloomfield
Need dependable car

Community:

Opera, symphony, comedy clubs
Tigers

Miscellaneous:

Time is set aside for clinic/case discussion or formal lecture
Reference library available for student use
Internet access available
Externs see all emergency patients
Henry Ford Medical Centers / West Bloomfield: 12-14 weeks of rotation.
Henry Ford Medical Center, Troy, MI: 5-8 days of rotation
Multi-Disciplinary Health Services:

Psychology	Psychiatry
Neurology	Geriatric Medicine
Rehabilitative Medicine	General Practice Medicine
Internal Medicine	Dentistry
Diabetes	Hypertension
Dispensing Pharmacy	Clinical Pharmacy
Respiratory

Auxiliary Equipment:

NCT	Humphrey 750 Visual Field Analyzer
Goldmann Projection Perimeter	Fundus Camera
Anterior Segment Photographic Biomicroscope	BIO with condensing lens
Fundus Contact Lenses	Fundus Non-contact lenses
Gonioscopy Lenses	Corneal Topographer
Angiography	Excimer Laser
Ultrasound	OCT/PACH
Scanning laser ophthalmoscope (macular perimetry)

Videos: Dr. Wee (1 min 56 secs) Tour (4 min 19 secs)