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Primer for Successful Practice
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Status Post Graduation: Private Practice Success
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Action Plan: Preparing for the Entrepreneurial World of Optometric Practice
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Manuals, Standards, and Accredited Programs from ACOE
Online Accreditation Manuals - PDF Documents
The ACOE publishes accreditation manuals with the standards of accreditation and ACOE policies and procedures for each of the three types of programs the Council accredits. To review the manuals, click on the name of the pdf document you wish to view. Use the table of contents or bookmarks to navigate through each document.
- Accreditation Manual: Professional Optometric Degree Programs (revised August 2007)
- Accreditation Manual: Optometric Residency Programs (revised September 2006)
- Accreditation Manual: Optometric Technician Programs (revised September 2006)
Standards of Accreditation - Microsoft Word Documents
The ACOE standards of accreditation may be downloaded to serve as a framework for programs conducting self-studies. Right click on the name of a manual listed below and choose "Save Target As" to download the document in Microsoft Word document format.
- Professional Optometric Degree Standards (revised 06/01/04, effective through 12/31/08)
- Professional Optometric Degree Standards (effective January 1, 2009) Programs may elect to be evaluated by these standards prior to the effective date.
- Optometric Residency Standards (revised 06/01/04, effective through June 30, 2009)
- Optometric Residency Standards (effective July 1, 2009) Programs may elect to be evaluated by these standards prior to the effective date.
- Optometric Technician Standards (revised 06/01/04)