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.
• Educate and counsel patients on contact lens care, visual hygiene, lighting arrangements and safety factors.
• Remove foreign bodies from the eye.
• Prescribe medications to treat eye diseases if state laws permit.
• Provide vision therapy and low vision rehabilitation.
• 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.
• Prescribe therapeutic procedures to correct or conserve vision.
• Provide patients undergoing eye surgeries, such as cataract and laser vision correction, with pre- and post-operative care.
• 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

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

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