Clinical Internship – Sn Kolkata

Introduction

TSNA offers Clinical Internship for the Undergraduate Optometry students, mainly based at Sankara Nethralaya, Kolkata since 2004. More than 500 students, have benefitted from the program and are gainfully employed in reputed eye hospitals across India.

Course Objective:

To understand the basic and advanced principles of Clinical Optometry
To do a thorough comprehensive eye examination
To be familiar with basic diagnostic procedures in Optometry
To be a competent Optometry Professional with exposure to multi-lingual, multi-cultural clinical environment and ability to handle different types of patients
To make appropriate referrals.
To learn to perform eye test procedures in community environments and provide proper referrals and management

Course Details

Eligibility	Bachelors in Optometry Students – Completed Third Year
No of seats	40
Duration	1 year
Course fee	INR 60,000/- per year
The Interns will undergo Training in the TSNA Campus - Chennai, SN - Kolkata campuses and Community Eye care.

Course Requirements:

Minimum 85% Attendance
Maintenance of Log books

Course highlights:

Intense Clinical Training
Exposure to Various Clinical Postings
Clinical Mentors for effective learning
CME Programs
Community Camps
Interactive Hybrid Classes with senior faculties
Wider clinical / academic exposure

Admission Requirements:

The following documents and details are required to be sent to tsnaoptometry@gmail.com for the processing of Admission.

Filled Application
Application Fee – Payment Confirmation
Bonafide Certificate from the College
5th or 6th Semester Mark sheets

After the verification of the above mentioned documents sent by the candidate, Online Theory Examination, In-person Skill Evaluation and a Personal Interview (at Chennai) will be conducted, the date of which will be communicated to the candidate through Mail. Based on the results of the evaluation and the interview, the confirmation of the admission will be communicated to the candidate through mail.

Download Application Form

Kindly address your queries to:

Principal and HOD,
Optometry Education
The Sankara Nethralaya Academy
(Unit of Medical Research Foundation)
Dr. V.G. Appukutty Campus
No.8, GST Road, St. Thomas Mount,
Chennai – 600 016.
Email: tsnaoptometry@snmail.org

NO TELEPHONIC ENQUIRIES ARE ALLOWED FOR THE ENQUIRIES.

Details for online payment:
CITY UNION BANK: PURASAWALKAM BRANCH
NAME: MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION
A/C NO: 112001001089459
IFSC CODE: CIUB0000112