Orthoptic examination and treatment is very important in the rehabilitation of low vision patients and patients with visual disturbances caused by congenital defects, injury or disease. Orthoptists work in the eye departments of hospitals, eye clinics, rehabilitation centres, in the office of an ophthalmologist or in private practice. If you would like to be an orthoptist then you should have an interest in and be competent in science, medicine and have a desire to work with people.
Orthoptic training includes instruction by lectures and practical clinical experience.
The length of training varies between countries but ranges from two to four years. Admission requirements vary between countries as do the training institutions. Association Belge d'Orthoptie a.s.b.l. Orthoptistinnen Deutschlands e. Mrs Kathleen Lantau.