Air Force Base, Vandenberg

Contact Person: TSgt. Brittney Carter brittney.carter.4@us.af.mil Clinical Teaching Faculty: Captain Laura Pfendler, OD at lauren.k.pfendler.mil@mail.mil TBA Type of Practice: Air Force Base; “Family Vision Care”

Demographics

• Active duty military members, their families, and retired military.
• Average approximately 8-12 patients per day, depending on student’s skill level.

Prerequisites for Student Interns

• Must be a US Citizen.
• CPR certification and current immunizations (TB, Hepatitis B, MMR and Varicella) desired, otherwise provided.
• Bring shot records.
• Bring/send Certificates of HIPAA training.
• FBI and Department of Justice background checks – to be done during first week of rotation.
• Please see Externships Documentation and Immunization Requirements page for additional requirements.

Patient Services Provided

• Primary Care.
• Clinic is equipped with an Optovue OCT, topographer, Humphrey visual field, and FDT.
• Limited contact lenses, PRK f/u, binocular vision, and low vision.
• Consults from multi-disciplinary setting.

Educational Objectives

• Acclimate students to a wide variety of patients (pediatric to geriatric) and ocular conditions in a clinical multi-disciplinary setting.
• This is NOT an “over the shoulder” or “be my technician” type of rotation. Students perform the exam and think through each patient encounter, from start to finish.

Student Responsibilities

• Punctuality and a willingness to learn.

Faculty Responsibilities

• Provide a safe, friendly, personalized educational opportunity for each student.

Miscellaneous Information

• Housing which is available outside Vandenberg AFB, in the local community. Please call for more details.