Hi Sarah, I would be glad to help with mentoring. Steph Burke On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 4:21 PM, Brown, Debra <Debra.Brown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Hi Sarah, > I can help with information at the present time. > Debby > ________________________________________ > From: optimal-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [optimal-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Sarah Moyer [smoyer@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 7:45 AM > To: optimal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [optimal] Do you want to help people tranistion into ophthalmic > imaging? > > I have noticed an increase in the number of people contacting me about an > interest in our field of ophthalmic imaging. They have been professional > photographers, museum archivists with an interest in photography and from > other random fields. All of them seem to know someone who knows that this > field exists and suggested they find out more. I always introduce them to > the OPS, JMC, RIT, etc. They all say the same thing "there's not much out > there about this." > > With the launch of the new OPS website, we will also be starting a blog. I > plan to write a blog entry that we can point these transition people > towards. I would like to include contact information of people across the > country for this blog entry so that these people can contact someone > receptive to helping them. If you are interested in helping people > transition to this field, please let me know. > > I think it makes most sense to list how you are willing to help: > > Mentor: > Discuss the field of ophthalmic imaging with those interested in > transitioning into the field. > > Shadow Day: > Offer to have those interested in transitioning into the field visit your > office for 2-4 hours to see what it's like. > > Internship: > Offer to teach those interested in transitioning into the field how to > perform OCT, fundus photography and fluorescein angiograms. Lengths of > internships may vary, but a minimum of 4 weeks is recommended. > If you need help organizing an internship, myself or others can help you. > > Thanks in advance for your help with this. > > Sarah > > > > > > >