Optometric clinical education is inefficient and expensive. Unlike Medicine where clinical education is conducted in postgraduate residency programs, Optometry’s clinical education historically is completed in the core four year program, and does not qualify for Federal Government support through the Federal Graduate Medical Education (GME) Program. Consequently, the cost of optometric clinical education must be supported by student tuition.
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