Optometry Internship At EyeMantra
- 12-month internship in Clinical Optometry
- Wide exposure to OPD patients, eye camps, and latest machines for cataract, Lasik, retina & glaucoma
- Opportunity to work under experienced Doctors
- Zero Course fees, and stipend available to cover expenses
- Letter of Recommendation (Based on performance) & Pre-placement offer (PPO) to high performers
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Optometry Internship Program
EyeMantra, one of India’s top eye hospitals, has been offering optometry internships since 2013. EyeMantra offers internships in Clinical Optometry under a well-crafted 12 months internship curriculum. We have trained numerous optometrist, opticians, and ophthalmologists under the aegis of veteran doctors. Through our optometrist training/ internship program, we aim to:
- Improve the skill sets of optometrists
- Expose the interns to a wide range of patients, enhancing their clinical knowledge
Why Optometry Internship Program At EyeMantra?
EyeMantra is a non-profit organization with a vision to improve eye care standards for ‘all’ sections of the society in India. Our goal is to train 500+ optometrist every year, to help us achieve this vision. We offer a great learning experience to all our interns:
- A large number of OPD patients and free camp patients for practice
- 100+ Eye Camps every year
- Scope of learning differential diagnosis
- Hands-on training under expert supervision
- Latest machines for cataract, specs removal, retina, glaucoma & squint
- Opportunity to work under experienced Doctors
- Ophthalmic, as well as Optometric Specialties, are available
Optometry Internship Objectives
- Provide all-inclusive training Optometry involving all ophthalmic specialties.
- Optometry skills like refraction, effective communication with Patient, slit lamp examination, applanation tonometry, and other routine OPD and diagnostic procedures.
- Patient evaluation & Counselling on Visual/Ocular hygiene, nutritional, and environmental modifications.
- Adequate knowledge to fit, assess, prescribe, and dispense Contact lenses for refractive correction.
Optometry Internship Course Content
Training during the Internship would cover the following:
Foundation Curriculum
- Vision Assessment
- Objective refraction
- Subjective Refraction
- Slit-lamp Biomicroscopy
- Tonometry
- Binocular Vision Assessment
- Contact Lens fitting
- Low Visual Aids Assessment
- Ocular Diagnostics
Optometry Level II Curriculum
- Keratometry
- Topography (Pentacam)
- A-Scan Biometry (Ultrasound & Optical)
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- Indirect ophthalmoscopy
- Potential Acuity Meter
- Specular Microscopy
- Perimetry
- Meiboscope
- Posterior segment investigations
- Anterior segment investigations
- Cataract investigations
Optometry Level III Curriculum
- Optical Coherence Tomography (Anterior & Posterior)
- Fields test
- Fundus angiography
- Yag laser / Green Laser
- OT training
Optometry Soft Skills Building
- Outreach program / Eye Camps
- Optical shop exposure
- Written / Verbal communication training
- PPT Presentation
- Training content / Video creations
Optometry Internship Course Content
| Duration: | 12 months |
| Eligibility: | The candidate should have completed their 3 years of optometry education from a recognized optometry school/college/institute. |
| Selection Criteria: | Based on Academic performance and Interviews. 15 days probationary training/ assessment at the hospital. |
| Mode of Study: | Full-time Regular Rotational Clinical postings in various departments of EM |
| No. of seats: | 50 seats per year |
| Stipend: | INR 10,000/- (Rs. Ten Thousand Only) on completion of the internship |
| Admission date: | Rolling admissions throughout the year, on 1st of every month. |
| Admission Process: | Fill our online application form. You can also email us at eyemantra1@gmail.com or call us at 011-40455119, 837 780 6807, 885 104 4355. Download Brochure: Click Here For Brochure |
Benefits Of Optometry Internship
- Letter of Recommendation (Based on performance)
- Internship Certificate
- Trainee of the Year- Award Certificate (Based on performance)
- Stipend
- Pre-placement offer (PPO) to high performers
Optometrist Intern Day-To-Day Responsibilities
- Assist doctors to provide outpatient care for patients with eye-related disorders and conditions
- Assist doctors in conducting routine eye examinations, including visual field tests
- Assist doctors to evaluate eye-related symptoms, such as discharge, redness, and inflammation
- Advise patients about proper eye hygiene and care
- Other: PPT &Video Creation on Eye ailments, Outreach program, Optical
Optometry Internship Learning Outcomes
On completion of the Internship the Optometrist will:
- Be able to work independently or in conjunction with another eye/health Care professionals.
- Be able to work in hospitals (both private and public sectors), Optical Outlets, and/or work as an independent practitioner.
- Be knowledgeable, skillful, and analytical in diagnosis, treatment planning, management of Visual defects and impairments, and in co-management of Ocular conditions.
- Be a public educator on Ocular hygiene and related nutritional and environmental counseling.
- Offer a helping hand in efficiently managing a Clinic or an Optical outlet.
About EyeMantra
Established in 2012, by Dr. Shweta Jain and Philanthropist Shri Krishan Kumar Jain, Eye mantra has been instrumental in changing standards of eye care in India.
The team at Eye Mantra envisions providing world-class eye care at affordable rates to ‘All’ sections of the society.
Everything that EyeMantra earns is contributed to EyeMantra Foundation (NGO), for free eye treatment of the underprivileged.
Achievements:
- Delhi’s leading eye care chain
- 5+ Branches in Delhi NCR field tests
- 3000+ successful surgeries
- 15+ Doctors/ consultants on panel
- Latest machines
Role Of Optometrists
Optometrists (doctors of optometry) are highly trained professionals who can work with other healthcare professionals like general practitioners, nurses, and pediatricians to ensure patients receive the best care possible.
Optometrists are experts who play an important role in patients’ vision, eye health, and their overall health, too. They are trained to:
- Treat, manage, and correct disorders and diseases of the visual system, the eye, and its associated structures.
- Recognize and detect related systemic conditions and manage ocular manifestations.
- Diagnose, treat, and manage binocular and perceptual vision disorders.
- Prescribe any topical or oral Schedule 1 drug in the context of eye care.
- Removal of superficial foreign bodies from the eye in or below the surface of the cornea.
- Independent management of glaucoma, macular degeneration, and diabetic retinopathy.
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