InfantSEE Member Doctors' Analysis Of The Early Stages Of The Program.

PURPOSE: To gauge the level of participation by the public as well as optometrists in the InfantSEETM program in Michigan. METHODS: A survey was created by Erik Belcarz, 4th year optometry student at the Michigan College of Optometry, and Dr. Mark E. Swan, professor at Michigan College of Optometry. The survey was distributed to over 300 optometrists attending the 37th Annual Contact Lens & Primary Care Seminar held in Lansing, MI on October 5-6,2005. The surveys were randomly distributed and all results were anonymous. RESULTS: Of the 300+ surveys handed out over the 2-day period, 26 surveys were returned completed. 53.85% of the doctors were already participating in the InfantSEETM program. Of those participating doctors 92.86% revealed that they had done less than 6 InfantSEETM exams to date, while 42.86% had not done any at all. CONCLUSIONS: As of October 2005, the InfantSEETM program has not made an enormous impact in the public health of Michigan infants. Slightly more than half of surveyed Michigan doctors are participating in the program, and the vast majority have seen little to no interest from the public, in their practices.