Pre-Med Opportunities at Brinton Vision

For over four years, Brinton Vision has worked with students that are pre-med, in medical school, PA school, and optometry school to create part time and full time positions offering an in depth learning experience in refractive surgery. Students working at Brinton Vision can anticipate multiple patient interactions weekly, with practice involving slit lamp exams, refraction, critical thinking, and visualizing eyes at one day post op for a range of procedures. This is a unique opportunity offering experience with refractive surgery post operative exams to prepare for a lifetime of confidence with co-management.

This is a full-time track where the  student will work patients through a full exam, offering the patient a customer service focused exam, followed by discussion with our refractive surgery expert doctors to determine candidacy. Students also work with post operative patients at all points in their healing process, and will learn from our doctors on how to counsel patients with any range of experiences. Emphasis as well on business development and how to market to an online audience effectively.

CURRENT STUDENTS

PREVIOUS STUDENTS

Tony Ho – A.T. Still University, College of Optometry, Class of ’24

Ariel Burbridge – Washington University, College of Optometry, Class of ’24

Benefits:

• Are you looking to learn in a technician role, or the doctor role? Our position includes training on scribing to learn terminology, as well as doctor skills such as refracting, slit lamp exam skills, thorough evaluation of patients’ corneas, use of BIO, minor procedures such as punctal plug placement, creating surgical marks, applanation tonometry.
• Skills developed will assist in a future of surgical co-management confidence after examining hundreds of one day LASIK/Refractive Lens Exchange (similar to cataract)/Implantable contact lens post-ops. Our students become proficient at evaluating anterior chamber cell and flare, determining ICL positioning and vault, evaluating LASIK flap healing, and treatment of common day one complications.
• Beyond doctor skills, our students are trained with our doctors on customer service and marketing skills. This includes reputation management, search engine optimization, digital marketing, and online presence. As a cash only based practice we can offer a unique perspective on direct to consumer advertising.
• Typical hours for a student technician are 7:00am to 5:00pm with options for full time summer work if desired.
• Competitive pay with base plus incentive