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Optometrist
* All optometrists provide general eye and vision care.
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* Many Optometrists start their own private practice.
* Many optometrists are generalists and provide their patients with long-term vision care
  - view computer-related vision problems as a form of repetitive stress injury
* Most Optometrists are self-employed and practice alone.
* Most optometrists are in general practice
* Most optometrists work in general practice
  - their own offices either alone or in a group practice
* Some optometrists also do research, teach, or consult
  - can perform minor surgery, such as refractive surgery
  - carry out home visits
  - develop special interests in a particular aspect of vision care
* Some optometrists specialize in one area, such as contact lenses or vision therapy
  - screening for refractive surgery
  - use syntonics
  - work as salaried employees of other optometrists or of ophthalmologists
* also diagnose and treat eye diseases
  - prescribe glasses or contact lenses, or medications to treat eye diseases
  - work with other health professionals in co-managing the care of patients
* are America's primary eye care providers.
* are doctors of optometry who can examine patients and prescribe corrective lenses
  - experts at providing treatment with lenses for all levels of vision
  - graduates from a specialty graduate program
* are health professionals who treat patients for common eye health and vision problems
  - with training in eye health and vision
  - no longer just the doctors who prescribe glasses and contact lenses
  - primarily impairment specialists
  - primary health care providers who prescribe eyeglasses and contact lenses
  - state-licensed health care professionals
* are the major providers of eye and vision care in the United States
* attend four years of graduate study
  - optometry school before starting practice
* can also advise about antioxidant supplements specially formulated for the eyes
  - practice in many different settings
* can prescribe eyeglasses, contacts, and other optical wear, such as low-vision devices
  - filters in glasses to reduce problems with glare
  - medications to treat certain eye diseases
  - readily solve the presbyopia problem with prescription glasses or contact lenses
  - teach or do research at colleges and universities
* carry professional liability insurance as do other health care professionals.
* check patients for common vision problems, like astigmatism.
* claim that their services are less expensive.
* complete fewer years of education and training.
* deal with eye problems that can be corrected with glasses or contact lenses
* determine visual acuity and prescribe spectacles, contact lenses, and eye exercises.
* diagnose and treat eye problems in children and adults
  - vision problems and eye diseases
  - vision problems and diseases
* do much more than prescribe corrective lenses and eyewear.
* evaluate visual status and prescribe special low vision devices.
* examine people's eyes to diagnose vision problems and eye diseases
  - the eyes and other parts of the visual system
* examine, diagnose, and treat diseases and disorders of the eyes and related structures
  - treat, and manage conditions that relate to the visual system
* have the authority to prescribe corrective eyeglasses and contact lenses.
* help many patients with challenging visual problems
  - people see more clearly
* often advise patients on whether the surgery is appropriate.
* often provide post-operative care to cataract and other eye surgery patients
  - postoperative care to cataract patients
* often work in close association with ophthalmologists
  - cooperative practices with medical practitioners
  - past normal retirement age
* prescribe eyeglasses and contact lenses, low vision aids, and vision therapy.
* prescribe eyeglasses, contact lenses, vision therapy, and low vision aids
  - and low-vision aids
  - contract lenses, and vision therapy
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* primarily prescribe eyeglasses and contact lenses.
* promote eye health and counsel patients on how general health can affect eyesight.
* provide routine eye exams, and special tests for eye diseases such as glaucoma.
* refer patients needing surgery or treatment of eye disease to ophthalmologists.
* spend four years in a school of optometry.
* still determine powers of vision and write contact lens and eyeglass prescriptions.
* teach, conduct research, and serve on health advisory committees of various kinds.
* tend towards therapy.
* treat vision problems and eye diseases.
* use computerized instruments to make diagnoses
  - instruments and observation to test peoples' eye health and sight capabilities
* usually prescribe corrective lenses in terms of the lens power in diopters.
* work in exam rooms where they use tools to determine patients' prescriptions
  - offices that are clean, well lighted, and comfortable