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Optometrist vs. Ophthalmologist

Optometrist vs. Ophthalmologist. Shelby Alda Contemporary English 1 st hr. . What is an optometrist?. L icensed health care professional provides common eye care services. R ural communities, suburban area, and large cities

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Optometrist vs. Ophthalmologist

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  1. Optometrist vs. Ophthalmologist Shelby Alda Contemporary English 1st hr.

  2. What is an optometrist? • Licensed health care professional • provides common eye care services. • Rural communities, suburban area, and large cities • Military, public health, hospitals, clinics, teaching institutions, or community health centers • Practice alone or with others • May be employed by another optometrist or ophthalmic industry

  3. What does an optometrist do? • Yearly checkups • Examine and diagnose common eye diseases • Glaucoma, cataracts • Diagnose related body wide diseases • Diabetes, hypertension • Examine, diagnose, and treat visual conditions • Nearsightedness, farsightedness, astigmatism, presbyopia • Prescribe glasses, contact lenses, low vision rehabilitation, and minor surgical procedures • Removal of foreign bodies

  4. Working conditions • Most are • self-employed • receive relatively few emergency calls • can establish a flexible working schedule • Luxury of combining a prestigious professional career with a very satisfying personal life

  5. Training, Qualifications, and Advancement Opportunities • O.D. • Doctor of Optometry • Pre-professional undergraduate education • OAT- Optometry Admissions Test • Four years of professional education in a college of optometry • May do residency • License

  6. Earnings • Average net income • $142,645 in 2010 • Recent AOA survey of member optometrists.

  7. What is an ophthalmologist? • Eye M.D. • Trained to provide the full spectrum of eye care • Prescribe glasses and delicate eye surgery • Eye research

  8. What does an ophthalmologist do? • Diagnose and treat highly complicated eye issues • Perform surgeries • Lasik • Repair retinal damage • Specific cases

  9. Specific Eye Care • Cornea & external disease • Glaucoma • Neuro-ophthalmology • Ophthalmic Pathology • Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery • Pediatric Ophthalmology • Viteoretinal Diseases

  10. Training, Qualifications, and Advancement Opportunities • 8 years • Bachelor’s Degree • MCAT-Medical College Admissions Test • 4 years of medical school-U of M • Year of internship • Minimum of three years residency • Hospital-based training • Special training in all aspects of eye care • Prevention • Diagnosis • Medical and surgical treatment

  11. Working Conditions & Earnings • Run a private office • Work as a specialist • Lab research • $297,486 in 2010 • Almost three times as much as an optometrist

  12. Ferris State University • Big Rapids, MI • MCO • 21 schools and colleges of optometry in the U.S. • Admits 36 Students • New facility-June 2011 • Top-notch 4 year curriculum • Patient Care- University Eye Care • 7 Post-Doctoral residency programs • Connections in Ocular Disease throughout the United States • Grand Rapids, Battle Creek, Jackson, North Indiana Michigan College of Optometry

  13. Admittance to MCO • At least 90 semester hours of collegiate education • OAT must be taken before February 15th • Scores of at least 300 in each category • Recommended courses • General Biology one year with laboratory (BIOL 121, 122) • Inorganic Chemistry, one year with laboratory (CHEM 121, 122) • Organic Chemistry, one year with laboratory (CHEM 321, 322) • General Physics, one year with laboratory (PHYS 211, 212) • Microbiology one course with laboratory (BIOL 286) • Calculus, one course (MATH 220) • Statistics, one course (MATH 251 or STQM 260 or PSYC 210) • Speech, one course (COMM 121) • General psychology, one course (PSYC 150)

  14. Reasons Why Students Like MCO • Small Class Sizes • Friendly, Knowledgeable Professors • Small, Safe Community • Outdoor Recreation Opportunities (Hiking, Skiing, Hunting, Fishing, Tubing, etc.) • Patient Care Experience as Second Year Students • Reasonable Cost of Living • Excellent Doctor to Student Ratio • Numerous Quality Golf Courses • Close Proximity to Grand Rapids • Excellent Student Recreation Center

  15. Grand Rapids VA -Residency in Ocular Disease • Affiliated with the Michigan College of Optometry at Ferris State University • 57 miles • Post-doctoral clinical education • Chronic eye conditions • One year, M-F 8:00-4:30 • Professional Liability Insurance • $30,100 in 2010 • Optometric Residency Matching Services (ORMS) • Admission Requirements • 1. Name, current address and phone number • 2. Curriculum Vitae • 3. Transcripts of NBEO scores • 4. Transcripts of optometric education • 5. Three letters of recommendation from faculty members of the applicant’s college of optometry. experience. • 6. Brief statement from the applicant regarding the individual’s desire to complete this particular residency program

  16. Tuition • Undergraduate • 14 Credits • $9,744 per year • $358.00 per credit hour • MCO • 15 credits • $17,190.00 per year • $573.00 per credit hour • Graduate School • $46,240.00 a year • U of M

  17. Similarities • Both optometrists and ophthalmologists can • Perform an eye exam • Prescribe glasses and contacts • Perform basic surgeries such as foreign object removal

  18. Optometry vs. Ophthalmology • Optometry • $100,000 • Common eye care • Doctor of Optometry • Ophthalmology • $300,000 • Surgeries • More medical training for specialized issues • Medical Doctor

  19. Why Ophthalmology? • Specialized • Problem solving • Rewarding career • Intricate & precise work • Microscopes • Higher pay to pay off all of the schooling

  20. Works cited • “Ophthalmologist vs. Optometrist.” EyeCareProfessions. Career Guide Network, n.d. Web. 12 Nov. 2012. • “Optometrist vs. Ophthalmologist, Do You Know The Difference?” MedicineNet.MedicineNet, inc., 1996-2012. Web. 12 Nov. 2012. • “Optometrist vs. Ophthalmologist: What’s the Difference?” UrbanOptiques. Urban Optiques, n.d. Web. 12 Nov. 2012. • “Michigan College of Optometry.” ferris. Ferris State University, n.d. Web. 12 Nov. 2012. • MCO. Photograph. Ferris. Ferris State University, n.d. Web. 13 Nov. 2012. • C.R. “See Through My Eyes - Stargardt'sDisease.” Photograph. Blogspot. Blogger, 3 Sept. 2012. Web. 14 Nov. 2012. • SUNY Downstate Medical Center Department of Ophthalmology. Photograph. Downstate. SUNY Medical Center, n.d. Web. 13 Nov. 2012.

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