Resident Optometrist
Posted May 8, 2025 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
We offer two tracks: Ocular Disease, and Ocular Disease with an emphasis in Neurorehabilitation. Which are you drawn to, and why?
What they are checking: Whether the candidate has a clear reason for their track that connects to their career goals.
You'll rotate with optometrists and ophthalmologists. Tell me about a time you learned from someone whose approach was different from yours.
What they are checking: Whether they are coachable and can adapt to different clinicians' styles during training.
The residency includes one day a month for research and academic work. What kind of project would you want to take on?
What they are checking: Whether they have real scholarly interest and enough initiative to finish a project in one year.
Tell me about a time you presented a case or article to a group. How did you prepare?
What they are checking: Whether they can handle the journal clubs and didactic lectures that are part of the program.
What would you do
A diabetic patient hasn't had an eye exam in five years and now has signs of proliferative retinopathy. How do you handle the visit?
What they are checking: Whether they manage urgent referral and also counsel the patient without shame so they keep coming back.
You'll travel to regional clinics and see a wider range of patients. How do you adjust your care for rural patients who may live far from specialists?
What they are checking: Whether they think about access and follow-up barriers when making plans for patients far from La Crosse.
When are you not sure enough to manage something yourself, and how do you ask for help during a busy clinic?
What they are checking: Whether a resident will ask for supervision at the right moments rather than guess with patients.
About the work
A patient comes in with sudden painless vision loss in one eye. Walk me through your differential and what you do next.
What they are checking: Whether they recognize urgent conditions like retinal artery occlusion or detachment that need immediate action.
How do you decide when a glaucoma suspect needs to start treatment?
What they are checking: Whether they can weigh pressure, optic nerve findings, visual fields and OCT together instead of relying on one number.
For the neurorehabilitation emphasis, how would you approach a patient with double vision and reading trouble after a concussion?
What they are checking: Whether they understand binocular vision and visual processing problems after brain injury and how to evaluate them.
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