The Opticianry Program is accredited by the Commission on Opticianry Accreditation (COA).
Commission on Opticianry Accreditation
P.O. Box 142
Florence, IN 47020
director@COAccreditation.com
703-468-0566 (voice) 888 306 9036 (fax)
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Program Outcomes
The Vision Care Technology/Opticianry program at Miami Dade College provides a comprehensive review of its outcomes. The program performs an annual review of the program’s mission, goals, and learning objectives. This review process is initiated during the fall semester with the program personnel (faculty, staff, and clinical supervisor) meeting to assess how the program is achieving the mission, goals, and learning objectives of the program. Collectively, the program personnel review the pass rates on national examinations, state licensing examinations, and reviews the responses from the employer surveys. Curricular content areas where patient interaction is not required, such as lecture and laboratory content, are reviewed extensively by the faculty found in the program. Those content areas where patient/student interaction take place (clinical) are reviewed by all program personnel to ensure multiple perspectives are included during the review process.
Upon completion of the program personnel’s review, the results are shared with the program’s advisory committee. During the review of these areas, the advisory committee is afforded the opportunity to provide input and guidance related to the program’s ability in achieving these goals. Additionally, during the Advisory Committee meetings, a review of the program’s pass rates on national examinations, state licensing examinations, and the results of the employer surveys are shared. The Advisory Committee also reviews graduate surveys to assess the graduates’ satisfaction will the program.
The information that follows provides program data associated with the review process and the outcomes regarding the Vision Care Technology/Opticianry program at Miami Dade College.
Enrollment and Retention/Graduation Data
Class |
# Enrolled |
# Graduated |
Retention/Graduation Rate |
2001 - 2003 |
19 |
14 |
73.6 |
2002 - 2004 |
27 |
18 |
66.6 |
2003 - 2005 |
17 |
12 |
70.5 |
2004 - 2006 |
30 |
15 |
50.0 |
2005 - 2007 |
28 |
23 |
82.1 |
2006 - 2008 |
19 |
14 |
73.6 |
2007 - 2009 |
26 |
17 |
65.3 |
Job Placement or enrolled in school for a higher degree
Graduation Year |
Percent Placed |
2001 – 2002 |
95% |
2002 – 2003 |
90% |
2003 – 2004 |
90% |
2004 – 2005 |
91% |
2005 - 2006 |
93% |
2006 – 2007 |
90% |
2007 – 2008 |
88% |
Average
2001 - 2008 |
91.0% |
National Opticianry Competency Examination (ABO) pass rate
Class |
# Sitting for Exam |
# Passing |
Percent Passing |
2003 |
18 |
11 |
66.6 |
2004 |
8 |
8 |
100 |
2005 |
11 |
11 |
100 |
2006 |
15 |
15 |
100 |
2007 |
19 |
18 |
94.7 |
2008 |
17 |
15 |
88 |
National Contact Lens Registry Examination
Class |
# Sitting for Exam |
# Passing |
Percent Passing |
2003 |
18 |
13 |
72.3 |
2004 |
8 |
8 |
100 |
2005 |
11 |
11 |
100 |
2006 |
15 |
15 |
100 |
2007 |
20 |
19 |
95 |
2008 |
17 |
15 |
88 |
Florida Board of Opticianry Licensure Examination
Class |
# of Graduates |
# Sitting for Exam |
# Passing |
Percent Passing |
2002 |
23 |
18 |
12 |
66.6 |
2003 |
14 |
8 |
7 |
87.5 |
2004 |
18 |
8 |
8 |
100 |
2005 |
14 |
7 |
6 |
86 |
2006 |
15 |
13 |
11 |
85 |
2007 |
22 |
14 |
8 |
57 |
2008 |
11 |
6 |
5 |
83 |
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