Some states are still in the process of updating their laws to reflect this growth. New medications, new therapies and new technologies encourage optometrists to keep up with these changes to better serve their patients. Optometrists, like their colleagues in medicine and dentistry, are required to obtain continuing education. Once they have graduated from their professional schools, this is the way that all medical personnel learn the newest information in their field whether it has to do with disease management, new pharmaceuticals, revolutionary surgical techniques or practice management. Research and development in the eye care field is progressing at a rapid pace.
Many exciting breakthroughs are on the horizon.
Whatever the future may bring, doctors of optometry will continue to give their patients the highest level of primary eye care using their ever-increasing awareness of new insights and developments. Preserving the health of your eyes and enhancing your vision will always be optometry's goal.