Will “Optometry Doctor (OD)” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔

Job Description

Diagnose, manage, and treat conditions and diseases of the human eye and visual system. Examine eyes and visual system, diagnose problems or impairments, prescribe corrective lenses, and provide treatment. May prescribe therapeutic drugs to treat specific eye conditions.

Job Details

• The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 29-1041.00
• The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 117,580.00
• The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 56.00
• Currently, there are 36,430 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Optometrists”.

Also Known As…

• Optometrists
• Optometrist/Practice Owner
• Optometrist, President/Practice Owner
• Optometrist, Owner
• Optometrist
• Independent Contractor
• Eye Clinic Manager
• Doctor of Optometry (OD)
• Chief, Optometry Service

Tasks for “Optometry Doctor (OD)”

• Provide patients undergoing eye surgeries, such as cataract and laser vision correction, with pre- and post-operative care.
• Prescribe medications to treat eye diseases if state laws permit.
• Remove foreign bodies from the eye.
• Examine eyes, using observation, instruments and pharmaceutical agents, to determine visual acuity and perception, focus and coordination and to diagnose diseases and other abnormalities such as glaucoma or color blindness.
• Prescribe therapeutic procedures to correct or conserve vision.
• Consult with and refer patients to ophthalmologist or other health care practitioner if additional medical treatment is determined necessary.
• Prescribe, supply, fit and adjust eyeglasses, contact lenses and other vision aids.
• Analyze test results and develop a treatment plan.
• Educate and counsel patients on contact lens care, visual hygiene, lighting arrangements and safety factors.
• Provide vision therapy and low vision rehabilitation.

Related Technology & Tools

• Ophthalmic transilluminators
• Fixation cards
• Notebook computers
• Gonioscopy lenses
• Amsler grids
• Lensometers
• Wide jaw angling pliers
• Multiple pinhole mask occluders
• Pupil diameter PD rules
• Combination refractor keratometers
• Randot stereo tests
• Pediatric near point cards
• Snipe nose pliers
• Retinal cameras
• Retinoscopy racks
• Mechanical stethoscopes
• Combined cover paddle occluders
• Clear 20 diopter condensing lenses
• Lachrymal dilators
• HRR Hardy-Rand-Rittler plates
• Halberg clips
• Optical screwdrivers
• Corneal pachymeters
• Non-contact handheld fundus lenses
• Broken wheel visual acuity cards
• Sphygmomanometers
• Yellow condensing lenses
• Lens clocks
• Adult fixation targets
• Lens calipers
• Horizontal prism bars
• Tonometers
• Scleral depressors
• Trial lens sets
• Fundus cameras
• Lea symbols near vision cards
• Golf club spuds
• Ophthalmoscopes
• Retinoscopes
• Biomicroscopes
• Worth 4-dot tests
• Contact lens loupes
• Binocular indirect ophthalmoscopes
• Lachrymal cannulae
• Clear 78 diopter condensing lenses
• Phoroptors
• Multiple pin hole occluders
• 8-well lens flippers
• Desktop computers
• Skiascopic lens rack
• Personal computers
• Loose prisms
• Autorefractors
• Ishihara plates
• Child fixation targets
• Color vision testing devices
• 4-well lens holders
• Corneal topographers
• Half nylon gripping pliers
• Single Lea symbol books
• Hruby lenses
• Snellen eye charts

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