Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Sacramento Area

Locations:

Kaiser Point West
1650 Response Road
Sacramento, CA 95815-4807
(916) 614-4311

Kaiser Downtown Commons
501 J Street
Sacramento, CA 95184

Kaiser Rancho Cordova
10725 International Drive
Rancho Cordova, CA 95670

Students will rotate to the three locations. Point West two days/week; Downtown Commons two to three days/week; Rancho Cordova one to two days/week.

Contact Person: Helen Zhou, O.D. Helen.X.Zhou@kp.org , (916) 614-4310 or leave message at (916) 784-4185. Email communication preferred.

Clinical Teaching Faculty: Helen Zhou, O.D. Tiffany Phan, O.D. (Tiffany.H1.Phan@kp.org), and Janis Lightman, O.D. (substitute)
Type of Practice: HMO

Demographics

• Age range 4 to 95.
• Approximately eight patients per day (range is five to ten patients per day).

Prerequisites for Student Interns

• HBV, MMR, PPD, Varicella and CPR certification required. Proof of TB test within 3 months of start of rotation.
• Clinic jacket and UC ID badge.
• Bring your own Diagnostic lens set (20D, 90 or 78D and gonioscopy lens). Consider bringing your own BIO.
• Please see Externships Documentation and Immunization Requirements page for additional requirements.

Patient Services Provided

• General eye exams and contact lens exams and evaluations.
• Scleral Lens clinic: Students will shadow and work with attending to get hands on experience. Once a month will be a full day of fittings, and throughout the month a few days of follow ups.
• Low Vision clinic: Students will shadow one of the two low vision doctors. Occurs a couple of times during the rotation.

Educational Objectives

• To improve the externs ability to integrate the classroom knowledge and clinical knowledge.

Student Responsibilities

• To continue learning through interactions with attendings, educational materials, and patient encounters.

Faculty Responsibilities

• To stimulate and encourage the externs to learn.
• Guide students to efficient exams without compromising quality of care.

Miscellaneous Information

• Bring reference materials.
• As you will be going to three different locations in the Sacramento area, you will need a car.