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Summary of Results: AOA Optometric Educator Faculty Opinion Survey



  1. How long have you been practicing optometry?

    # of years in practice

    # of faculty responding

    % of the faculty responding
    not practicing 6 3%
    0-5 years 31 15%
    6-10 years 38 18%
    11-15 years 21 10%
    16-20 years 32 15%
    21-25 years 23 11%
    26-30 years 36 17%
    31-40 years 19 9%
    more than 40 years 1 0.4%


  2. How long have you been an optometric educator?

    # of years in practice

    # of faculty responding

    % of the faculty responding
    0-5 years 51 24%
    6-10 years 44 21%
    11-15 years 28 13%
    16-20 years 25 12%
    21-25 years 26 12%
    26-30 years 25 12%
    31-40 years 12 6%
    more than 40 years 1 0.4%


  3. How many days/week do you practice (without supervising students) away from your school?

    0 days (100% time faculty) 60%
    1 day 21%
    2 days 5%
    3 days 5%
    4 days 6%


  4. Name of your institution

    Institution

    # of responses

    % of responses
    Illinois College of Optometry 32 15%
    State University of New York 22 10%
    SCCO 19 9%
    NECO 17 8%
    Nova Southeastern 16 8%
    Berkeley 14 7%
    UAB 11 5%
    Indiana University 11 5%
    Northeastern State 11 5%
    University of Houston 10 5%
    PCO 10 5%
    The Ohio State University 7 3%
    Michigan College of Optometry 5 2%
    UMSL 5 2%
    Pacific University 4 2%