The role and goals of academic optometry. Some unfulfilled missions

Abplanalp, P.; Baldwin, W.R.

Journal of the American Optometric Association 53(4): 277-283

1982


ISSN/ISBN: 0003-0244
PMID: 7096860
Document Number: 194358
The authors express the opinion that optometry schools have obligations to the profession and the public which involve missions beyond their primary function of educating and training students. They identify those missions which they believe are highly important but only partially addressed. They are: clinical research; expansion of optometry's scientific base; specialized patient care; and education of practitioners. They offer explanations for lack of progress, but insist it is vital that these obligations be met by our schools, and offer suggestions toward this end.

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