VISITING: Open to visitors.TYPE OF CLERKSHIP: Selective 1. DESCRIPTION: Does the thought of evaluating diplopia, eye pain, or vision loss in a patient give you palpitations? This is the rotation for you. Offers a hands on, comprehensive experience focused on sharpening clinical eye examination skills and rationally evaluating ophthalmic conditions and problems. Students will examine patients with a variety of common and uncommon eye conditions, teach patients about their eye diseases, and learn to recognize situations that warrant referral to an ophthalmologist. Learning is enhanced through digital imaging techniques based on anterior and posterior segment ocular visualization, as well as newer modalities such as optical coherence tomography. In addition to educational materials supplied during the rotation, students can also access Vaughan & Asbury's General Ophthalmology 16th Edition, by Paul Riordan-Eva and John P. Whitcher, online at http://lane.stanford.edu, then click on "Students" and then "USMLEasy.com" and then "Ophthalmology." Directions from Stanford: Take OPHT 84 across the Dumbarton bridge and continue straight on Decoto Rd. Turn right on Alvarado-Niles, left on Nursery Ave, right on Mission Blvd. Make a left on Niles Canyon Rd (highway OPHT 84) and follow the signs to Livermore. Stay on OPHT 84 and make a right at Wetmore (the road past E. Vineyard), then a right at Arroyo. Continue up Arroyo into the hills; you'll see the white hospital in the distance on your right, 4951 Arroyo Rd. Total drive time is approximately one hour. Weekly schedule, Bldg OPHT 62: Monday: 8:OPHT 30 am-4:OPHT 30 pm, work with community ophthalmologists or VA staff. Tuesday: 8:OPHT 30 am - 4:OPHT 30 pm, work with VA ophthalmologists, usually at VA Palo Alto. Wednesday: 8:OPHT 00 am, Palo Alto VA surgery suite #4 for surgery, followed by Livermore clinic 1 pm. Thursday and Friday: 8:OPHT 30 am - 4:OPHT 30 pm, Livermore clinic with Dr. Goldschmidt. A short presentation on a topic of the student's choice is requested at the end of the rotation. Phone numbers: Call locally to the VA Palo Alto Health Care System Livermore Division at OPHT 925-OPHT 373-4700, press 3 for Livermore Division, and enter extension 35116, for making arrangements to stay at the cottage. Please email Dr. Goldschmidt once you have registered for the clerkship. PREREQUISITES: One core clerkship. PERIODS AVAILABLE: 2B-OPHT 12B, full-time for 2 weeks, 1 student per period. CLERKSHIP DIRECTOR: Leonard Goldschmidt, M.D., Ph.D. CLERKSHIP COORDINATOR: Leonard Goldschmidt, M.D., Ph.D., OPHT 925-OPHT 373-4700 x35640, 4951 Arroyo Road (OPHT 11), Livermore, CA 94550. REPORTING INSTRUCTIONS: Where: VAPAHCS, Livermore Division, 4951 Arroyo Road (OPHT 11), Livermore; Time: 8:OPHT 30 a.m. CALL CODE: 0. OTHER FACULTY: Staff. LOCATION: VAPAHCS Livermore Division.
3-6 units · Medical School MD Grades
VISITING: Open to visitors.TYPE OF CLERKSHIP: Selective 1. DESCRIPTION: Does the thought of evaluating diplopia, eye pain, or vision loss in a patient give you palpitations? This is the rotation for you. Offers a hands on, comprehensive experience focused on sharpening clinical eye examination skills and rationally evaluating ophthalmic conditions and problems. Students will examine patients with a variety of common and uncommon eye conditions, teach patients about their eye diseases, and learn to recognize situations that warrant referral to an ophthalmologist. Learning is enhanced through digital imaging techniques based on anterior and posterior segment ocular visualization, as well as newer modalities such as optical coherence tomography. In addition to educational materials supplied during the rotation, students can also access Vaughan & Asbury's General Ophthalmology 16th Edition, by Paul Riordan-Eva and John P. Whitcher, online at http://lane.stanford.edu, then click on "Students" and then "USMLEasy.com" and then "Ophthalmology." Directions from Stanford: Take 84 across the Dumbarton bridge and continue straight on Decoto Rd. Turn right on Alvarado-Niles, left on Nursery Ave, right on Mission Blvd. Make a left on Niles Canyon Rd (highway 84) and follow the signs to Livermore. Stay on 84 and make a right at Wetmore (the road past E. Vineyard), then a right at Arroyo. Continue up Arroyo into the hills; you'll see the white hospital in the distance on your right, 4951 Arroyo Rd. Total drive time is approximately one hour. Weekly schedule, Bldg 62: Monday: 8:30 am-4:30 pm, work with community ophthalmologists or VA staff. Tuesday: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm, work with VA ophthalmologists, usually at VA Palo Alto. Wednesday: 8:00 am, Palo Alto VA surgery suite #4 for surgery, followed by Livermore clinic 1 pm. Thursday and Friday: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm, Livermore clinic with Dr. Goldschmidt. A short presentation on a topic of the student's choice is requested at the end of the rotation. Phone numbers: Call locally to the VA Palo Alto Health Care System Livermore Division at 925-373-4700, press 3 for Livermore Division, and enter extension 35116, for making arrangements to stay at the cottage. Please email Dr. Goldschmidt once you have registered for the clerkship. PREREQUISITES: One core clerkship. PERIODS AVAILABLE: 2B-12B, full-time for 2 weeks, 1 student per period. CLERKSHIP DIRECTOR: Leonard Goldschmidt, M.D., Ph.D. CLERKSHIP COORDINATOR: Leonard Goldschmidt, M.D., Ph.D., 925-373-4700 x35640, 4951 Arroyo Road (11), Livermore, CA 94550. REPORTING INSTRUCTIONS: Where: VAPAHCS, Livermore Division, 4951 Arroyo Road (11), Livermore; Time: 8:30 a.m. CALL CODE: 0. OTHER FACULTY: Staff. LOCATION: VAPAHCS Livermore Division.
Offered in Autumn 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 at Stanford University.