Great question! That sounds uncommon. Especially since people tend to travel for their interviews, so asking them to travel multiple times for one school may be unreasonable. I had 8 residency sites that I applied for, and thankfully no more than 8 interviews lol. With that said, each site can do what they want. It wouldn’t be unreasonable to have a preliminary video interview, and if they like you have you come in for a person interview.
Thank you so much for this video! I have my first interview tomorrow and the second the day after! I feel much more comfortable after talking through some of the mock questions you proposed. Truly, thank you!
Do you know how competitive a low vision residency is? I’m a 3rd year and am discovering that I have an interest in low vision. Also, outside of academia, are there job opportunities in low vision?
That’s good to hear that you have an interest in low vision! There is definitely demand out there, especially since I feel most ODs are not interested in it (ashamed to say that includes me). I can see it being competitive, but if you can convince your interviewers that you are interested in low vision, then that gives you a great leg up! So definitely go for it if you like it! I don’t know much to answer the second question, but I know low vision is valuable at VA hospitals (I did 2 rotations and a residency at VA’s). I can also see the inherent value if you’re located near any nursing homes. But also if you’re a “low vision specialist in the area”, other ODS and OMDs can definitely refer patients to you for low vision I remember an OMD telling me once “three areas that we don’t like to touch and that any OD would be smart to choose, are low vision, sclerals, and Peds”
@@andreasoptometry also, do you know of anyone who has done a residency once they’ve already graduated? I can see the benefit in getting my feet wet and seeing what’s out there before I decide to choose a residency. Would having already worked for a year or two hamper someone’s chances at getting into a residency?
One of my professors at Nova did that, worked for a few years then did a residency. But honestly I don’t recommend that. It’s very difficult to go back to an academic setting and take a HUGE pay cut after working for a few years. And even my professor said that was difficult. Get as much experience as you can during 4th year, then do the residency if you’re willing to pursue it. During residency you can always “get your feet wet” by working somewhere else on an occasional Saturday.
Do you know why low vision isn’t as common place in private practice like speciality CLs is? Is it due to lack of demand for low vision services or more so due to lack of instrumentation/resources required to meet the patient’s needs?
No the demand for low vision is there, it’s just low vision is time consuming, takes patience, and you also need the resources as well (magnifiers etc). Also a lot of ODs simply just don’t want to do it or feel as passionate about doing it as other things like scleral lenses or myopia control for example
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Thanks for the video! Is it common to have 1 interview per residency or would it be unusual for one residency to request multiple interviews?
Great question! That sounds uncommon. Especially since people tend to travel for their interviews, so asking them to travel multiple times for one school may be unreasonable. I had 8 residency sites that I applied for, and thankfully no more than 8 interviews lol.
With that said, each site can do what they want. It wouldn’t be unreasonable to have a preliminary video interview, and if they like you have you come in for a person interview.
Thank you so much for this video! I have my first interview tomorrow and the second the day after! I feel much more comfortable after talking through some of the mock questions you proposed. Truly, thank you!
You’re so welcome! Glad you found this helpful! Now go get’em! 👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻
Do you know how competitive a low vision residency is? I’m a 3rd year and am discovering that I have an interest in low vision. Also, outside of academia, are there job opportunities in low vision?
That’s good to hear that you have an interest in low vision! There is definitely demand out there, especially since I feel most ODs are not interested in it (ashamed to say that includes me). I can see it being competitive, but if you can convince your interviewers that you are interested in low vision, then that gives you a great leg up! So definitely go for it if you like it!
I don’t know much to answer the second question, but I know low vision is valuable at VA hospitals (I did 2 rotations and a residency at VA’s). I can also see the inherent value if you’re located near any nursing homes. But also if you’re a “low vision specialist in the area”, other ODS and OMDs can definitely refer patients to you for low vision
I remember an OMD telling me once “three areas that we don’t like to touch and that any OD would be smart to choose, are low vision, sclerals, and Peds”
@@andreasoptometry also, do you know of anyone who has done a residency once they’ve already graduated? I can see the benefit in getting my feet wet and seeing what’s out there before I decide to choose a residency. Would having already worked for a year or two hamper someone’s chances at getting into a residency?
One of my professors at Nova did that, worked for a few years then did a residency. But honestly I don’t recommend that. It’s very difficult to go back to an academic setting and take a HUGE pay cut after working for a few years. And even my professor said that was difficult. Get as much experience as you can during 4th year, then do the residency if you’re willing to pursue it. During residency you can always “get your feet wet” by working somewhere else on an occasional Saturday.
Do you know why low vision isn’t as common place in private practice like speciality CLs is?
Is it due to lack of demand for low vision services or more so due to lack of instrumentation/resources required to meet the patient’s needs?
No the demand for low vision is there, it’s just low vision is time consuming, takes patience, and you also need the resources as well (magnifiers etc). Also a lot of ODs simply just don’t want to do it or feel as passionate about doing it as other things like scleral lenses or myopia control for example