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Optometry
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Optometrist
Occupation
Names
Optometrist
Specialty
Healthcare
Description
BSc (Hons) Optometry/ BOptom (Hons) (UK)
Doctor of Optometry (US)
Optician, Ophthalmologist
Optometry is a healthcare profession concerned with the eyes and related structures, as well as vision, visual systems, and vision information processing in humans. Optometrists (also known as ophthalmic opticians outside the United States and Canada ) are trained to prescribe and fit lenses to improve vision, and in some countries are trained to diagnose and treat various eye diseases. In the United States, Canada, Nigeria and Ghana, optometrists are called doctors of optometry and are held to the same legal standards as any physician whereas, for example, in the UK they are regulated by the General Optical Council under the Opticians Act 1989 and specifically distinguished from medical practitioners. In all U.S. states optometrists are licensed to diagnose and treat diseases of the eye through topical diagnostic and therapeutic drugs, and oral drugs in 48 of the 50 states. Doctors of optometry are also able to perform certain types of laser surgery in some states. In other countries, patients are referred to medical practitioners, such as ophthalmologists, neurologists, and general medical practitioners, for further treatment or investigation.
^ Agarwal, R. (1995), The title optometrist, British Journal of Optometry and Dispensing, 3(4), 144.
^ Agarwal, R.K. (1979), Optometrist/Ophthalmic Optician, The Ophthalmic Optician, 7 July 1979, page 550 (the title of this journal was changed to Optometry Today in 1985, published by the Association of Optometrists, London, England)
^ a b Opticians Act 1989 (cap. 44)
^ The General Optical Council (Testing of Sight by Persons Training as Ophthalmic Opticians Rules) Order of Council 1994 (SI 1994/70)
^ Internal Caseworker Guidance Home Office (retrieved 14 December 2011)
^ About us The Federation of (Ophthalmic and Dispensing) Opticians (retrieved 1 February 2012)
^ Optics at a Glance Optical Confederation, December 2011
^ Canadian Association of Optometrists
^ American Optometric Association
^ Bureau of Labor Statistics
^ Opted.org
^ Salus University
^ University of Alabama
^ "Ghanaian-trained optometrists make Ghana proud". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
^ Harris Law Firm
^ Kentucky Optometric Association 2012 (section 5)
^ Oglethorpe University 2012
^ University of California 2004 (page 3)
^ American Optometric Association 2012
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