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Charles F. Mullen

Challenges and Opportunities in Optometry and Optometric Education

All Papers, Book, Presentations and Videos

  • The Paradoxical Evolution of Optometry
  • Potential Factors Contributing to a Decade of No Growth in the Optometry Student Applicant Pool
  • Optometry Specialty Certification Boards Provide a Uniform Indicator of Advanced Knowledge and Skills
  • Principles for Optometry to Follow in Developing Specialties and Subspecialties
  • Three Critical Components for Expanded Scope of Optometric Practice
  • Six Required GME Structural Elements – Postgraduate Clinical Programs/Residencies in the Specialty of Medical Optometry
  • Recommended Briefing Points for Advocates of Optometry’s Inclusion in GME
  • Implications for Optometry if Vision Care, Eyeglasses and Contact Lenses are Included in Part B of Medicare
  • A New Paradigm for Optometry
  • Eight Steps to Ensure the Professional Standing of Optometry
  • Optometric Education in Crisis
  • Guest Editorial: The Continuing Evolution of Optometry
  • Opportunities Lost – Opportunities Regained
  • Mergers and Consolidations of Optometry Colleges and Schools
  • A Unique Opportunity for Osteopathic Health Sciences Centers to Develop an Innovative Optometry Degree Program and Postgraduate Residency Training
  • Dr. Charles Mullen – Executive Director of PCO 1976-1990
  • Transformation of Optometry – Blueprint for the Future
  • Required Postgraduate Clinical Training for Optometry License
  • Why Optometry Needs the American Board of Optometry Specialties (ABOS)
  • The Future of Optometric Education – Opportunities and Challenges
  • Proposed Clinical Optometrist Qualification Standard (COQS)
  • Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Clinical Optometrist Qualification Standard (COQS) Needs to be Revised
  • Guest Editorial: Medical Optometry Certification and Recognition
  • Understanding the Cost of Optometric Clinical Education
  • The Perfect Storm: Oversupply of Lawyers, Optometrists and Pharmacists
  • NAVAO Founding Member Spotlight: An Interview with Dr. Charles Mullen
  • Is Optometry on the Same Path as the Legal Profession? – Executive Summary
  • Is Optometry on the Same Path as the Legal Profession? – Full Article
  • Guest Editorial: Lewin Survey Finds Large Optometry Surpluses
  • Guest Editorial: The Optometry Surplus – A Quantitative Determination of Excess Densities
  • Guest Editorial: Types of Optometry Certification
  • Federal Support for Optometric Education is Essential
  • Guest Editorial: Better Optometry Training Model Needed
  • Medicare Teaching Compliance Protocol for New England Eye
  • Restructuring the Profession of Optometry – The Next Bold Move
  • Affordable Care Act: Opportunity for New Optometry Student Clinical Training Model
  • A Strategic Framework for Optometry and Optometric Education
  • Eight Strategic Steps to a Secure Future for Optometry
  • Strategy to Include Optometry in the Graduate Medical Education Program (GME)
  • Changes Necessary to Include Optometry in the Graduate Medical Education Program (GME)
  • New England College of Optometry Commencement Remarks
  • How to Position Optometry for Inclusion in the Graduate Medical Education Program (GME)
  • New England College of Optometry’s Tribute to the Department of Veterans Affairs Optometry Service (Video & Transcript)
  • Unresolved Matters of Importance to Optometric Education
  • Illinois College of Optometry Commencement Address (Video & Transcript)
  • Charles F. Mullen, OD, to Deliver 2011 Illinois College of Optometry Commencement Address
  • Federal Financing of Optometric Clinical Training
  • NEEI Compliance Protocol to Meet Medicare Guidelines for Optometric Training Programs
  • Development of a New Clinical Training Model
  • New England College of Optometry Clinical System
  • Graduate Medical Education Program, Medicare and Optometry
  • Optometry Students, Medicare Regulations, and Third Party Plans
  • Distinct and Separate Legal Structures for Clinical Programs of Schools and Colleges of Optometry
  • Beginning of a National Model for Optometric Clinical Education and Community Service
  • Testimony in Support of Senate Bill 1255, An Act Relative to the Modernization of Optometry
  • My Best Day in Optometric Education: Signing the Affiliation Agreement Between the Illinois College of Optometry and the University of Chicago
  • Evolution of the Relationship between Academic Ophthalmology and Optometric Educational Institutions
  • Charles F. Mullen’s Speech at the Kennedy Library: Development of NECO’s Community Based Education Program
  • Illinois College of Optometry Presidential Farewell Address (Video & Transcript)
  • Dr. Charles F. Mullen – Clinical Architect
  • Commitment to Excellence: ICO’s Strategic Plan
  • The Road to Excellence: Illinois College of Optometry
  • Challenges and Opportunities in Optometric Education: Keynote Address by Charles Mullen on Installation of NECO President
  • Interview with the Journal of the American Optometric Association
  • Illinois College of Optometry to Freeze Tuition, Increase Scholarships and Reduce Entering Class Size
  • The Past, Present and Future of Externships in Clinical Education
  • Illinois College of Optometry Recovers from Scandal
  • Inauguration as the Fourth President of the Illinois College of Optometry (Video & Transcript)
  • Illinois College of Optometry and University of Chicago Affiliation Agreement
  • Illinois College of Optometry and University of Chicago Affiliation Agreement Speech
  • Changes in the Department of Veterans Affairs and Their Implications for Optometric Education
  • Optometry’s Role in National Health Care Reform (Speech to the Southern College of Optometry)
  • Optometry’s Role in National Health Care Reform (Clinical Eye and Vision Care Article)
  • An Affiliated Educational System for Optometry with the Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Affiliation Between Hahnemann University and Pennsylvania College of Optometry
  • Optometry and Medical School Affiliations
  • The Eye Institute – A Health Care Delivery Center at the Pennsylvania College of Optometry
  • The New England College of Optometry Clinical System

Signature Papers

  • Optometry Specialty Certification Boards Provide a Uniform Indicator of Advanced Knowledge and Skills
  • A New Paradigm for Optometry
  • Optometric Education in Crisis
  • Opportunities Lost – Opportunities Regained
  • Mergers and Consolidations of Optometry Colleges and Schools
  • Transformation of Optometry – Blueprint for the Future
  • Required Postgraduate Clinical Training for Optometry License
  • Why Optometry Needs the American Board of Optometry Specialties (ABOS)
  • The Future of Optometric Education – Opportunities and Challenges
  • A Strategic Framework for Optometry and Optometric Education
  • Changes Necessary to Include Optometry in the Graduate Medical Education Program (GME)
  • Unresolved Matters of Importance to Optometric Education
  • Illinois College of Optometry Commencement Address (Video & Transcript)
  • Charles F. Mullen’s Speech at the Kennedy Library: Development of NECO’s Community Based Education Program
  • Illinois College of Optometry Presidential Farewell Address (Video & Transcript)
  • Commitment to Excellence: ICO’s Strategic Plan
  • Illinois College of Optometry and University of Chicago Affiliation Agreement
  • An Affiliated Educational System for Optometry with the Department of Veterans Affairs

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