Indiana University's schools of optometry and medicine are creating a new academic exchange program with four eye institutes and hospitals in India, according to a news release.
The Indo-U.S. Exchange Program for Optometry and Ophthalmology is a two-year pilot program that will provide residents of the IU School of Optometry to travel for a month to eye institutes and hospitals in Chennai, Mumbai and Hyderabad, India.
Eye care professionals from participating institutions in India will spend one month in the visiting the IU School of Optometry in Bloomington and the Glick Eye Institute at the IU School of Medicine in Indianapolis.
Eight eye care professionals from India and eight IU optometry residents will participate in the exchange program during the first two years. After the pilot program is finished, other optometry and ophthalmology institutions within the United States will be invited to join the IU program.
"This exchange program will provide expanded educational opportunities for IU School of Optometry residents," said IU School of Optometry Dean Joseph A. Bonanno, in the release. "They will encounter large numbers of ocular disorders, especially those that are uncommon in the United States. They will also see, first hand, alternative approaches to high-volume healthcare."
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