VA Northern Indiana Health Care System: Fort Wayne Campus

• In support of one of the three major missions of the Veterans Health Administration, the Fort Wayne campus of the NIHCS participates in the training of fourth year optometry students.
• The optometry program is dedicated to providing a high level of clinical training and didactic education to its students so that upon graduation, they are prepared to deliver quality ophthalmic care to the public.

Contact Person:

• Nathan Rock, OD, FAAO
• E-Mail: [email protected]

• Julie Adams, Academic Affiliations
  E-Mail: [email protected]

Clinical Teaching Faculty:

• Aaron Case, O.D. , FAAO
• Nathan Rock, O.D., FAAO
• Alison Treleaven, O.D.
• Jessie Vorachek, OD
• Primary Care/Ocular Disease Resident (2)

Support Staff:

• 2 Scheduling Clerk
• 5 Ophthalmic Technicians
• Optical with 2 opticians

Operating Hours:

M-F, 7:30am-4:00pm

Hours of direct patient care for extern per day:

8 (40 per week)

Number of patients seen by extern per day:

6-9

• To improve basic physical, psychophysical, and medical science foundations.
• To further enhance and develop new technical clinical skills and testing protocols by providing clinical experiences with appropriate guidance by the faculty.
• To further enhance clinical assessment, judgment, and management capabilities.
• To improve knowledge of psychosocial factors, i.e. adjustment to vision loss or memory loss which affect patient attitudes and responses influencing patient understanding and compliance, especially in the geriatric population.
• To expand professional communication and interdisciplinary (medical and non-medical) interaction capabilities.
• To learn methods for continued professional development.

• Not provided by the facility
• Approximate cost: $1000/mo.

• Parks, Museums, Minor League Baseball, Hockey, Basketball, Concerts, Shopping, University, Symphony
• Indianapolis: ~2 hours away; Chicago: ~3 hours away

• Psychology
• Primary Care Physicians
• Physician Assistants
• Nursing
• Radiology
• Other specialties as needed
• Social Work
• Audiology
• Nurse Practitioners
• Pharmacy
• Lab

• SPECTRALIS OCT with OCTa Fundus Camera
• Anterior Segment Photographic Biomicroscope
•  IOL Master Auto Lensometer
• Handheld Slitlamp
• BIO with condensing lens B and A Scan
• Ultrasonography
• TV&VCR - educational videos
• Automated refracting station
• Tonopen
• Humphrey Field Analyzer 3
• High Resolution Ultrasound Biomicroscopy and immersion A-Scan
• Corneal Pachymeter
• Gonioscopy Lenses
• Fundus Non-contact Lenses
• YAG, Argon, SLT, and CO2 Lasers
• Autorefractor/Autokeratometer
• Tangent Screen 5

• 3 hours each week is set aside for formal lecture/conference
• Reference library available for student use
• Internet access available

• The clinic accepts students from MCO, Indiana University, and Midwestern University