Past Educational Starter Grants
With funding from The Vision Care Institute, LLC, an affiliate of Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc., ASCO is proud to offer Educational Starter Grants dedicated to Supporting educational research. These grants will serve to introduce and support the concepts of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL). Although all types of educational research projects will be considered, priority will be given to those who embrace the concepts of SoTL.
2018 Grant Recipients
- WUCO — Advantages of 3D Printed Physical Models Over Computer Generated Models and Textbooks – Dr. Joshua Cameron
- MCPHS — Relationship Between Grit and Academic Performance in Optometry Students – Dr. Shankaran Ramaswamy
2017 Grant Recipient
- AZCOPT — An Inquiry-Based Approach to Teaching Sphero-Cylindrical Ametropia – Dr. Nicole M. Putnam
2016 Grant Recipients
- SCO — Development of a Digital Training Module for the Systematic Optic Disc Evaluation – Dr. Patricia Cisarik, Dr. Kristina Haworth
- NECO — The New England College of Optometry Student Perception of Cultural Competence – Dr. Crystal Lewandowski Dr. Thomas Andrea
- WUCO — Development of Educator Consensus on Entry-Level Competencies in Brain Injury Visual Rehabilitation – Dr. Valerie Wren
2015 Grant Recipients
- NECO — Impact of Shared EHR Usage on Student Attitudes Toward Interprofessional Collaboration – Dr. Diane Russo, Dr. Beth Harper, Dr. Erik Weissberg
- SCO — The Flipped Classroom and Team Based Learning: a platform to introduce new faculty to didactic teaching in an Optometry program – Dr. Wm Edmondson, Dr. Jennifer Snyder
2014 Grant Recipients
- NOVA — Impact of Computerized Classroom Test Administration on Student Performance – Dr. Gregory M. Fecho, Dr. Jamie Althofff, Dr. Patrick Hardigan
- SCO — The Effect on Knowledge and Attitude of an Interprofessional Education Curriculum to Optometry and Physician Assistant Students-Dr. Raymond Chu
- NECO — Enhanced Clinical Readiness for Optometry Students Entering Second Year – Dr. Fuensanta Vera-Diaz, Dr. Catherine Johnson
- SUNY — Acupuncture and CAM Services in Optometric Education – Dr. Mort Soroka
2013 Grant Recipients
- SCCO — Communicating Educational Objectives in an Optometry Course – Dr. Lawrence Stark
- UC BERKELEY — Getting Ready for ObamaCare: Test of a Blended Method for Teaching Medical Coding – Dr. Meredith Whiteside, Dr. Dennis Fong, Dr. Robert DiMartino
- UC BERKELEY — Flipping the Classroom-Using the Internet for Content and Classroom Contact Time for Application – Dr. Robert DiMartino, Dr. Pia Hoenig
- PCO — Case-Based Student Performance: Socratic Method versus Passive Presentation – Dr. Lorne Yudcovitch
2012 Grant Recipients
- PUCO — Integration of Blended Learning into Optometric Education – Dr. Denise Goodwin, Dr. Len Hua
- UIWRSO — Evaluation of the Effectiveness of an Online and a Face to Face Format Interprofessional Case Based Course Involving Optometry Students – Dr. Srihari Narayanan, Dr. Patricia Sanchez-Diaz
- AZCOPT — Teaching GP Contact Lenses Concepts Through DVD Modules – Dr. Linsay Sicks, Dr. Sara Gaib
- SUNY — Investigation of an Additional Critical Thinking Outcome Measure: The Efficacy of Critical Thinking Assessment in Predicting Clinical Success – Dr. Julie Appel, Dr. Rochelle Mozlin
- AZCOPT — Can Three Wrongs Make a Right – PI, Dr. Adam Blacker