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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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