Harris was asked to write the piece by one of the textbook’s co-authors, Dr. Melvin Freeman, with whom she has served on the Joint Commission on Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology (JCAHPO) board.
“I worked with Dr. Freeman on the development of a standard ophthalmic educational curriculum for the International Council of Ophthalmology, which is largely modeled on the curriculum we developed for CCC&TI and the North Carolina Community College System,” said Harris. “The Ophthalmic Assistant has been one of the main textbooks for CCC&TI’s OMA program since it began in 1999. Dr. Freeman asked me to write a forward addressing its value for physician extenders for the 10th edition. He knew that I had worked as a physician assistant in ophthalmology for a number of years prior to coming to work at the college.”
Harris has 40 years of experience in the healthcare field and was instrumental in establishing CCC&TI’s OMA program, the first of its kind in North Carolina and the model for similar programs established at other community colleges.
In addition, Harris has served for a number of years on the JCAHPO Board, The Commission on Accreditation of Ophthalmic Programs (CoA-OMP) Board, the Consortium of Ophthalmic Training Programs (COTP) and a number of other national and statewide health sciences boards and associations. She has made presentations on a wide variety of ophthalmic topics at seminars and meetings across the United States and has been published in a number of medical journals and textbooks.
For more information on CCC&TI’s Health Sciences or Ophthalmic Medical Assistant programs, visit www.cccti.edu.
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