Optometry Training and Outreach - Zefat Academic College - Undergraduate studies in the North

Optometry Training and Outreach

Advanced clinical training for ZAC students and vision care for the Galilee

Extending top-quality eye care to Israel’s northern periphery

Project Details

Simulation Training

Technology and equipment to prepare students for clinical practice

Community Outreach

Supervised, low-cost eye care provided by ZAC optometry students to Galilee patients in need

Mobile Clinic

Vision services delivered directly to communities with limited access to eye care

Your Impact

Better access to eye care throughout northern Israel

More experienced, top-quality optometrists for the Galilee

Project Snapshot

Drawing on ZAC's nationally recognized optometry program, along with the generous support of the Helmsley Charitable Trust, the Optometry Training and Outreach Initiative expands students' clinical training while making vision care better and more accessible in the Galilee. Through community clinics and a mobile, one-stop-shop clinic that brings vision care to underserved communities, tomorrow's northern optometrists offer Galilee's residents access to a better quality of life.

Total project budget

TBD

Confirmed support

None

Remaining funding need

N/A

Project status

In development

Projected completion

12 months from receipt of funding

An Invitation to Partnership

When you support clinical training and outreach in ZAC's optometry program, you give motivated students the hands-on experience they need to become skilled eye care professionals. You also bring quality vision care within reach of underserved communities throughout the Galilee.

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