Hcs/325 Week 1 Case Study Optometrists

As optometrists, we always seek ways to improve primary eye care provisions to our patients. Primary eye care encompass from refractive services to the diagnosis and management of ocular pathologies. With the steadily evolving field of technology, eye care services are more fine tuned and this enable optometrists and other eye care practitioners to provide even better eye health services to patients. Though not many independent optometrists have the luxury of having some of the costly technology in the practices, I personally feel that they should be allowed to have easy access to them in order to provide the best patient management in their practice.

Corneal topography works great in providing a geographical map on the corneal curvature as well as software interpretation of certain conditions like keratoconus. Although they may not be relied entirely for management, it is useful for optometrist to monitor any changes in a keratoconic eye for example, before making the call to switch from glasses to RGP or refer for corneal cross-linking. Corneal topography and pachymetry is also useful for optometrists to help monitor signs of corneal ectasia in post-LASIK patients. Besides, it would be great help
Besides that, it is my wish as well, that Malaysia optometrists are given more opportunities to practise and co-manage patients especially post-operative phacoemulsification or LASIK patients so that the patient load in the hospital can be reduced and the ophthalmologists can concentrate on treating more patients. However, the optometrists themselves should undergo vigorous training first with the ophthalmologists before being allowed to independently manage these patients on their