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)”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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