About CoA-OMP
CoA-OMP is sponsored by the following collaborating organizations:
| Joint Commission on Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology, Inc.® (JCAHPO®), which represents the interests of ophthalmology in allied health. |  |
| Association of Technical Personnel in Ophthalmology (ATPO), which represents the interests of the ophthalmic allied health profession. |  |
| Consortium of Ophthalmic Training Programs (COTP), which represents the interests of educators of ophthalmic allied health professionals. |
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For consideration of accreditation matters, directors of CoA-OMP express independent judgments and do not serve as instructed representatives of their sponsors.
CoA-OMP grants accreditation to three types of educational programs in the allied health profession of ophthalmic medical assisting:
- assistant and clinical assistant programs developed for entry level
- technician programs developed for the intermediate level
- medical technologist programs developed for the advanced level
Assistant programs include only a didactic (lecture and laboratory) component, whereas the clinical assistant, technician, and medical technologist level programs include didactic and supervised clinical components.
CoA-OMP is vested with the responsibility and authority to evaluate programs that have requested accreditation services. CoA-OMP's principal means of program evaluation consists of analyzing Self-Study Reports, sending representative teams to conduct site visits of programs, and deliberating at committee meetings.
STATEMENT OF NON-DISCRIMINATION
Members of CoA-OMP, consultants, and members of site visit teams are selected without regard to age, sex, race, color, national origin, disability, religion, sexual orientation, or marital status.
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This page was last modified on: 01/05/2009