Community Clerkship.

One month before classes begin and we have already been given an assignment: the Community Clerkship Program. As part of our Professional Practice course, we must attend all 3 different practice settings for approximately 3.5 hours each and complete a questionnaire regarding our observations:

1) Private practice (solo doctor)

2) Group practice (group optometry or group optometry/ophthalmology; at least 3 doctors on staff)

3) Retail practice (Wal-Mart, Pearle Vision, Lens Crafters, Sears, etc.)

It appears to be a relatively simplistic assignment, considering only one form is due each month throughout the semester. As an added bonus, I have already completed one of the settings (private practice) through my previous shadowing and employment at Blue Ridge Vision back in Boone. 

Taken during one of our fabulous Trunk Shows!

The most difficult part (other than overcoming pure summer laziness...) has been locating offices in a new location (all I can say is: Thank you Larry Page and Sergey Brin for inventing Google!) and calling to find out if they have time to accommodate a person playing their human shadow for a few hours.

My goal is to complete the final 2 before Orientation in 3 weeks. That way I can submit it for "prior experience" credit in early September and not have to worry about it during the semester. Win!