Today we heard from Melissa with Salus/PCO! We also concluded our Valentine’s Day Fundraiser Competition against the Pre-Dentistry Club, in which we both were competing to see who could raise the most money in a week for Remote Area Medical. We were able to raise $353 and win the competition! Together we were able to raise over $600 for RAM, which is amazing!
Here are the meeting minutes:
Salus
- Latin for Health and Wellbeing
- Only graduate classes
- Founded in 1919 as PCO, 2008 as Salus
- Interdisciplinary approach
- Early clinical experience (first week of first year)
- 5 externship rotations starting in 3rd year
- Advanced Studies
- Anterior Seg
- CLs
- Binocular Vision
- VT
- Neuro-Opth. Disease
- Dual Degree Options
- Low Vision Rehab (MS)
- Biomedicine (MSc/PhD)
- Curriculum reflecting an evolving profession
- Early Clinical Training
- Clinical Problem Solving in second year
- 70 hr clerkship during summer between first and second years
- Community Vision Screenings
- Externship Programs
- 5 years
- One rotation during third year- Primary Care
- Four 4th year quarters
- Ocular disease
- CL
- Hospital
- Collaborative care
- One must be at TEI (The Eye Institute)
- 400 Active Sites
- 100 in PA
- 3 in Canada
- Military international
- The Eye Institute (TEI)
- Philly
- Satellite locations
- Research Opportunities
- Peds
- Binocular vision
- DM and Retina
- Brain Injury
- Admissions
- 836 apply
- Class size 150
- GPA: 3.3
- OAT: 304 (AA), 291 (TS)
- Will take highest score from each section
- Rolling Admissions
- Prereq grades of C or higher
- 3 letters of rec
- 25 hours of shadowing
- Do accept GRE
- CASPer test: non-cognitive attributes (empathy and ethics)
- Accelerated Scholars Program
- Indicate interest on OptomCAS
- OAT: 330+
- Require bachelors degree
- Same pre-req
- GPA of 3.5
- 100 hours of experience
- MMI interview: Multiple Mini Interview (give you different scenarios to respond to)
- July start date
- 3 year program
- Pre-Reqs
- Bio 1 year w lab
- Chem 1 year w lab
- OChem 1 year w lab
- Physics 1 year w lab
- Microbio .5 year w lab
- English 1 year
- Math 1 year
- Psych .5 year
- Stats .5 year
- RECOMMEND:
- Biohem
- Anatomy and Phys
- Neurology
- Cell Bio
- Genetics
- Histology
- Eval
- Academics
- Personal
- Interview
- Tuition:
- $42,150 for traditional
- $115,000 in scholarships
- Student Orgs
- National Honor Societies
- SVOSH
- Student Council
- IM sports
- No on campus housing
- Cost for 1 bedroom $900-1000
- Most go on to private practice
- OLE: Optometry Learning Experience
- 2-3 day event to experience Salus
- Summer Enrichment Program
- Aimed towards underrepresented populations
- Introduce participants to PCO
- Admissions Contact:
- admissions@salus.edu