Will “Doctor of Optometry (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
• Chief, Optometry Service
• Optometry Doctor (OD)
• Doctor of Optometry (OD)

Tasks for “Doctor of Optometry (OD)”

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

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

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