Will “Optometrists” 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

Also Known As…

• Optometrist/Practice Owner
• Optometrist, President/Practice Owner
• Optometrist, Owner
• Optometrist
• Independent Contractor
• Eye Clinic Manager
• Doctor of Optometry (OD)
• Chief, Optometry Service
• Optometry Doctor (OD)

Tasks for “Optometrists”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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