Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences
The Department has connections to every type of medical laboratory throughout the country. Department graduates are in high demand and sought after by laboratories throughout Israel.
Optometry and Vision Sciences Department
HAC initiated a grant for a capacity-building consortium that will enhance the Department’s curriculum to the level required by the European Council for Optometry and Optics. The European Union
Erasmus project, entitled “Optometry Curriculum Update for Lifelong Learning through Erasmus” or OCULUS, will,
once the department receives accreditation, allow HAC to attain the uniform curriculum that exists in the European Union, thus allowing graduates to practice in European countries.
The Department and its students collaborate with the optical industry, including leading companies such as Soflex, Visionix, Novasight, Blue Eyes, and Care Laser.
Additional community education and services included the “Hope in Sight Mission,” where 600 recent immigrants from Ethiopia who reside at an Absorption Center were provided full exams and 150 were provided glasses; screening special needs athletes at the Special Olympics at the Wingate Institute; and providing a screening program at Beit Jan Village in collaboration with Care Laser
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