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)”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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