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Residency Program

The road ahead is for you.

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Our Residency programs at Illinois College of Optometry offer post-graduate training for those interested in all aspects of optometry, including clinical practice, optometric education, and business. Residents gain advanced competency in eye care through education, scholarship, and patient care. Such experience aims to provide ICO residents with the expertise and confidence needed to treat complex clinical patients.

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All ICO Residency Programs are ACOE accredited or accreditation pending.  The ACOE is the accrediting body for residency programs. The ACOE can be contacted at (https://theacoe.org/); 243 N. Lindbergh Blvd., Suite 301, St. Louis, MO 63141; 1-800-365-2219. We can help you find the right residency for you. Explore our on and off-campus options below.

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Affiliate Residencies

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To Apply

All ICO and affiliated residency programs use Optometry Residency Match (ORMatch) to fill our Residency positions. In order to apply for Residency, prior to matriculation, you must have attained the Doctor of Optometry (O.D.) degree from a school or college of optometry accredited by the Accreditation Council on Optometric Education. We evaluate all applicants without regard to sex, race, color, creed, age, religion or non-disqualifying physical disabilities. Application information and an interview are used for the selection process. 

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To apply, please register online in the NMS Match System to participate in ORMatch. Required components of your ORMatch application include:

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  • Letter of intent

  • Curriculum vitae

  • OD Transcript

  • Three (3) letters of recommendation

 

For more information about ICO’s residency programs, please contact the program coordinator of each residency, or ICO’s Residency Director, Dr. Christine Allison.

 

Residency Information Session

A wide range of topics were discussed in our November 2021 online info session. Below you can watch the live discussion covering topics like why you should consider a residency program, what is available through ICO, what the application process is like and a live Q&A covering common questions.

Cornea and Contact Lenses and Ocular Disease Residency
06:46
Ocular Disease - Low Vision Rehabiliation Residency
08:02
Ocular Disease and Anterior Segment Residency
07:38
Ocular Disease and Primary Care Residency
05:59
Ocular Disease Residency - Insight Vision Group, Parker, CO
04:35
Ocular Disease Residency - University of Chicago
05:40
Ocular Disease Residency at Center for Sight and Dry Eye Institute
05:16
Ocular Disease, Anterior Segment, and Glaucoma Eye Care Residency
07:51
OD Residency in Ocular Disease - Refractive and Ocular Surgery - Glaucoma
04:38
Pediatric Optometry and Vision Therapy and Vision Rehabilitation Residency
02:23
Primary Care and Ocular Disease Residency
07:47
Residency in Cornea and Contact Lens - Anterior Segment Disease
07:08
Vision Rehabilitation, Geriatric, and Ocular Disease Residency (PDF)
06:43
CLEAR Eyes and Aesthetics
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