2. “You really have to put your problem-solving skills to work to diagnose a vision disorder, because as experience has taught me, the solution is rarely obvious,” says Illinois optometrist David Goss.
3. There are many areas that an optometrist can specialize in. Some areas include: environmental eye care, vision rehabilitation, pediatric optometrist, and sports vision.
4. Environmental eye care includes helping patients to avoid injuries in vision. 5. Vision rehabilitation is the area that helps people see better if they have poor eye vision using their equipment and technology.
6. Pediatric Optometrist work with children to help them fix problems with their vision. …show more content…
Most days for optometrist last for eight hours.
10. Some work values that optometrist should have are mostly have to do with achievement, recognition, and work conditions.
11. One skill that is very important to have in your workplace as an optometrist is judgement and decision making skills to decide what is best for an optometrist's patient.
12. To obtain the Doctor of Optometry degree, the person must have completed an accredited optometry school which should last four years, and after study preoptometric study at an college or university that is accreditable.
13. In optometry there is a lot of math and science. “We don’t have to face all of the blood and gore that medical doctors deal with, but we have to stomach a lot of math and science” said an Indian optometrist named Tracy Schroeder.
14. In postsecondary education, a person might spend up to seven to eight years completing a bachelor's degree in science or other classes with an the same amount of credits and a four year program after.
15. All states require a license, but some states require an internship
16. The average salary in North Carolina is $133,790.
17. The average salary in North Carolina in hourly is