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Ophthalmologist/Optometrist/
Optician
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Careers That Help People See!
• Ophthalmologist : Medical Doctor who is
specialized in eye and vision care.
• Optometrist: A health care professional who is
licensed to provide primary eye care services.
• Optician: Makes glasses and contact lenses
using the prescriptions that the
ophthalmologists and optometrists write.
Ophthalmologists
Ophthalmologists are doctors and can do many
things, such as:
• Examines patient’s Eyes to diagnose and treat
diseases and injuries of the eyes
• Performs various tests to determine vision
loss.
• Prescribes and administers medications and
can prescribe glasses and contact lenses
• Performs eye surgery.
How do you become an
Ophthalmologist?
• School:
– High School:
• Take classes like Biology, Chemistry, Anatomy and Physiology, and Medical Terminology.
• Join HOSA
– College
• Get a Bachelor’s of Science Degree. This takes about 4 years.
– Medical School
• Medical School takes four years
– Residency
• In a Residency you work with a Doctor of Ophthalmologist who will help teach you how
to do specialized work, like eye surgery.
• Salary:
– It is a lot of school, but you will be making about…
– $200,000 a year!
• Job Outlook:
– There will be a need for Ophthalmologists for many years, so the job chances
of you getting a job after you graduate is very good.
Optometrist
• An Optometrist is a Doctor of Optometry. They
can give primary eye care like:
– Examine and diagnose eye diseases
– In some US states Optometrists can treat diseases,
otherwise, they will send their patients to an
ophthalmologist
– Examine, diagnose and treat visual conditions like
nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism
– Prescribe glasses, contact lenses
– Perform minor surgical procedures like removing
foreign bodies
How do you become an Optometrist?
• School:
– High School
• Take classes like Biology, Chemistry, Anatomy and Physiology, and
Medical Terminology.
• Join HOSA
– College
• You will need a Bachelor’s Degree.
• This will take about 4 years.
– Optometry School
• Optometrist have a school just for them. Here they become a Doctor
of Optometry, which is different than a Medica Doctor.
• This takes about 4 years.
• Salary
– $90,000 a year
• Job Outlook
– People will continue to need to have their eyes cared for by
Optometrists, so the job outlook is good.
Optician
Opticians work with Ophthalmologists and
Optometrists to:
• Make glasses and contact lenses
• Work with patients to pick the best glasses
frames and style for their lifestyle and taste.
• Make sure glasses fit the patient
• Fix broken glasses
• Some Opticians make false eyes
• Opticians also help to teach patients about
how to care for their contact lens and glasses.
How do you become an Optician?
• School:
– High School
• Take classes like Biology, Chemistry, Anatomy and Physiology, and
Medical Terminology.
• Join HOSA
– Certificate Program/Associates Degree
• You will need to become a certified Optician. There are Certificate
programs and Associate Degree Programs for this.
• These programs take 1-2 years.
• Salary:
– $40,000 a year
• Job Outlook:
– Just like with the other careers, people will need help with their
eyes and glasses for many years, so the job out look is good.
Testing Vision
• Have you seen this
chart before?
• You may have seen it at
your doctor’s office,
ophthalmologist’s, or
your optometrist’s
office.
• It is called a Snellen
Chart because it was
invented in 1862 by Dr.
Hermann Snellen.
How the Snellen Chart Works
• The Snellen chart has 11 rows of capital letters, with
each row being smaller print than the last.
• During testing, the patient is asked to stand a specific
distance from the chart and read the letters to the
doctor. The smallest line that they can see clearly
represents the acuity of their vision. The big E at the
top is 20/200 (which as you can imagine, is not very
good) and the 8th line down 20/20 vision, which is
considered normal.
• The remaining 3 lines represent better-than-normal
vision, with the smallest line being 20/10. If you can
read this last line, you have fantastic vision!
• Each eye is separately tested as our eyes are not
identical and one is often weaker than the other.
Now you Try
• You and your partner will get a Snellen chart and
paper for recording results.
• One of you will stand 20 feet from the paper, and
the other will stand with the paper, so they can
check if you are reading the paper correctly. The
partner with the chart will record how accurate
your vision is.
• If you wear glasses, you can try this with your
glasses and with out.
• You will each do it once with both eyes, once with
the left eye, and once with the right eye.
Near Vision Test
• There is also a near vision check.
• You will want to do the same thing you did
with the Snellen chart, but this time, keep the
paper 16 inches from your face when you read
it.