Marshall B Ketchum University

Programs: Graduate education: the mission of marshall b. Ketchum university is to educate caring, inspired health care professionals who are prepared to deliver collaborative, patient-centric health care in an interprofessional environment, and the curriculum has been established to achieve this goal. In addition to the rigorous academic and clinical curriculum on campus, all professional students rotate through several external clinical sites to broaden and diversify their learning experiences to prepare them for careers in health care. In the fall of 2016, our total enrollment was 544 full-time health professional students representing optometry (399), physician assistant (pa) (101), pharmacy (43), and master of vision science (4). In november of 2016, mbku conferred 28 medical master science degrees and pa certificates. In may of 2017, mbku conferred 98 doctor of optometry degrees and two master of science degrees. Admissions process for fall 2016 enrollment are reported below. At the outset of the application period, the admissions policy committees establish high standards for gpas, application test scores and academic index point minimums providing thresholds for admissions personnel to carefully screen and select the most qualified applicants to interview. Program: optometryverified applications* - 641interviews conducted - 222matriculated class - 100program: physician assistantverified applications* - 1,131interviews conducted - 177matriculated class - 40program: pharmacyverified applications* - 204interviews conducted - 107matriculated class - 43*verified applications through the centralized application system (i. E. , optomcas, caspa, and pharmcas).

clinical education vision/patient care: affiliated with the education program, the university operates full-service vision clinics on its orange county campus and in downtown los angeles, plus 4 limited-hour community clinics in orange county and los angeles, many located in low-income areas. The clinics together served 28,563 unique encounters. Comprehensive vision services include primary eye care and specialized patient services: basic vision examination; pediatric vision screening, vision care and vision therapy; ocular disease diagnosis and treatment and ophthalmology consultation; contact lenses and prosthetics fitting; low vision rehabilitation and eyewear and optical dispensing. The vision clinics provided $373,154 in public support through discounts and fee waivers. Also, 5,032 patients were served through our 8 school screening programs.

research: the university supports the research program by providing physical and financial resources to faculty who engage in research. External national institute of health (nih) / national eye institute (nei) grants have included several multi-center studies coordinated by the pediatric eye disease investigator group (e. G. Citt-art, ats-20, and ixt-5). In addition, industry contracts have been awarded to faculty researchers by ophthalmic and pharmaceutical companies including allergan, alcon, johnson and johnson vision care and topcon. Faculty members have also actively participated in collaborative research studies of dry eye/ocular surface disease, meibomain gland dysfunction and contact lens discomfort, and the effect of diabetes on retinal function. Research activities are integral to the master of science in vision science graduate program which has continued to expand with a total of 9 completed and 7 enrolled students.