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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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