Title: Creation of a Student-Led Ophthalmology Clinic
Authors: Ty Whitaker, Jessie Montgomery, Coby Soule
Brief Description: The goal is to offer eye care services to underserved and underinsured individuals utilizing existing primary care and specialty clinics at the Midvale CBC clinic in Utah. Concerns arose when ophthalmology-interested students noticed a lack of regular screening for visual impairments among patients newly diagnosed with diabetes or receiving chronic management. Given the risk of diabetic retinopathy, the leading cause of new blindness among working adults, a clinic was established to provide diabetic eye exams to address this gap in care for the Midvale community.
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Creation of a Student-Led Ophthalmology Clinic by Ty Whitaker, Jessie Montgomery & Coby Soule