Optometric Residency Programs

Resources and Guidance

Accreditation Manual: Optometric Residency Programs(Revised January 2011) contains the standards of accreditation and ACOE policies and procedures. Use the table of contents or bookmarks to navigate through the document. (PDF)

Optometric Residency Standards (effective July 1, 2009) may be downloaded to serve as a framework for programs conducting self-studies. (MS Word)

View the Crosswalk comparison of Residency standards adopted 2001 (revised 2004) and the new standards which become effective July 1, 2009. (MS Word)

Feb. 2 2009 Memo re: Clarification of 2.2.1 and Guidelines for Documentation and Assessment of 2009 Optometric Residency Standards

March 16 2009 Memo re: Clarification of 3.2 and 4.2 of 2009 Optometric Residency Standards

December 3 2009 Memo re: Policy of PHI Deidentification and Clarification/Modification of Examples of Evidence of 3.7 of 2009 Optometric Residency Standards

December 14 2010 Memo re: Modification of Examples of Evidence of 3.3 of 2009 Residency Standards

Guidelines for Conducting a Residency Annual Review

Recommended residency titles from the Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry (ASCO)

Accredited Optometric Residency Programs