• Kevin M Jackson, Natalya Merezhinskaya, Rita K Mallia, and Felix M Barker Ii.
• Department of Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA.
• Mil Med. 2023 Mar 6; 188 (Suppl 1): 495549-55.

IntroductionBrain injury often impacts the visual system. Diagnosis and treatment of visual system problems related to brain injury is a field with less settled science and more variation in practice than most specialty fields. Most optometric brain injury residency programs are in federal clinics (VA and DoD). A consensus core curriculum has been created that will allow some consistency while facilitating program strengths.Materials And MethodsKern's curriculum development model and a focus group of subject matter experts were used to reach consensus in producing a core curriculum to provide a common framework for brain injury optometric residency programs.ResultsA common high-level curriculum was developed with educational goals through consensus.ConclusionsIn a relatively new subspeciality without a firm foundation of settled science, a common curriculum will help provide a common framework to facilitate clinical and research progress in this field. The process sought out expertise and community building to help improve the adoption of this curriculum. This core curriculum will provide a framework for educating optometric residents in the diagnosis, management, and rehabilitation of patients with visual sequelae because of brain injury. It is intended to ensure that appropriate topics are covered while allowing for flexibility according to each program's strengths and resources.Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States 2023. This work is written by (a) US Government employee(s) and is in the public domain in the US.

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