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PHOTOS: The eyes have it as PCC students give children needed vision tests
Photos and story by James Hill
On Feb. 22, Ophthalmic Medical Technology first-year student Adeline Smetana checks the eye sight of child in the daycare program at the Sylvania Campus. Clark was part of a group of OMT student volunteers participated in a pre-school vision screening sponsored by the Casey Eye Institute at OHSU. The students were trained by the institute and used their skills to test children in the Child Development Center at the Sylvania Campus. Tests were for visual acuity (clarity) and binocular vision (using both eyes simultaneously).
Valerie Clark, also a first-year OMT student, points to letters on a chart for the children to recite. Deborah Sipe, director of the center, requested that the screenings be made available for the children at her facility. Screenings were provided at no cost and any children who did not pass the tests would be referred to an ophthalmologist at the Casey Eye Institute.
About James Hill
James G. Hill, an award-winning journalist and public relations writer, is the Director of Public Relations at Portland Community College. A graduate of Portland State University, James has worked as a section editor for the Newberg Graphic... more »