The Ocular Disease Residency Program at Cedar Springs Eye Clinic is a one-year post-doctoral, clinical training program in the diagnosis and management of ocular disease and ocular manifestations of systemic disease. The residency provides advanced competency in knowledge and clinical skills through a scholarly, didactic, and clinical curriculum to highly qualified optometric graduates. Residents completing the program are expected to provide an advanced level of clinical care in ocular disease.

Direct supervised patient care, as well as clinical attending experiences, will be completed at Cedar Springs Eye Clinic. The resident will participate in seminars and local optometric society continuing education meetings. Teaching involves supervision of fourth year professional students. The resident will work closely with the clinic director and clinical externs. The resident, under the guidance of the Program Coordinator, will create a lecture for students, will write one case report to be submitted for peer reviewed publication, and will submit one abstract to a regional or national meeting with a scientific component.