Medical Student Educational Programs

Clinical elective available to third and fourth year medical students

Dr. Susan Hall Forster, Director of Medical Studies for the Department, provides classroom instruction for medical students during their ophthalmology rotation.

This 2- or 4-week clinical elective allows the student to explore the different sub-specialties of Ophthalmology while learning how to perform a complete eye exam. The student will learn facility with the external eye examination, slit lamp, direct and panoptic ophthalmoscopes, and begin to use condensing lenses. Clinical facilities include Yale Eye Center, Yale Health Plan, Yale New Haven Hospital Based Eye Clinic, and the Eye Department at Hill Health Center. Required reading will correlate with the case studies covered during the elective. Students who take the 4-week elective are expected to do a presentation at the end of the rotation. For more information contact Dr. Susan Hall Forster, course director, at susan.forster@yale.edu.

Research Elective available to all students

Research electives are also available; content and preceptor are to be worked out on an individual basis.

Please contact Dr. Susan Hall Forster at susan.forster@yale.edu for further information.

Education Leadership

• Susan Hall Forster,MD
  Associate Clinical Professor
  Director of Medical Studies
  Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
  susan.forster@yale.edu
• Hylton Mayer, MD
  Assistant Clinical Professor
  Assistant Director of Medical Studies
  Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
  hylton.mayer@yale.edu