Will “Optometrist” 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
• Independent Contractor
• Eye Clinic Manager
• Doctor of Optometry (OD)
• Chief, Optometry Service
• Optometry Doctor (OD)
• Optometrist

Tasks for “Optometrist”

• Analyze test results and develop a treatment plan.
• Prescribe medications to treat eye diseases if state laws permit.
• Remove foreign bodies from the eye.
• Prescribe, supply, fit and adjust eyeglasses, contact lenses and other vision aids.
• Educate and counsel patients on contact lens care, visual hygiene, lighting arrangements and safety factors.
• 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.
• 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 vision therapy and low vision rehabilitation.
• Prescribe therapeutic procedures to correct or conserve vision.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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