The Department's medical student teaching is organized around a series of required and elective offerings throughout the four years of training.

The ocular exam portion of the physical diagnosis is required during the second-year.  During the third year, there are three additional hours of lecture and practice experience offered to the medical students. A MAP (Medical Apprenticeship Program) can be arranged during the first or second-year.  

Aging Eye Presentation

The Eye Exam Presentation

Ocular Manifestations of Systemic Disease Presentation

Red Eye Presentation

Two elective lecture series on the biochemistry of vision and ocular disease are conducted for first-and/or second-year students.  Ample research electives are available with faculty in the CASE/UHC Visual Sciences Research Center.

One-month clinical electives are available for third or fourth-year students both at CASE or other schools at our three affiliated hospitals.  Students observe subspecialty areas of ophthalmology, ocular surgery; and may participate in clinics and lectures.

A one-week rotation, as part of the third-year surgery rotation, is also an option at University Hospitals of Cleveland.