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Charles F. Mullen

Challenges and Opportunities in Optometry and Optometric Education

Commitment to Excellence: ICO’s Strategic Plan

Commitment to Excellence (PDF)

From the Preface

Over the past four years, members of the Illinois College of Optometry community have witnessed the College’s progress in meeting broad institutional goals and objectives initially articulated in “Prescription for Excellence” and in meeting specific performance targets described later in “Journey to Excellence.”

The latest version of the strategic plan “Commitment to Excellence” continues the process of transformation of the institution outlined in the earlier plans with further emphasis on measurement systems and quantified strategic and annual performance targets…

Commitment to Excellence (PDF)

October 10, 2001 by Charles F. Mullen

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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