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Ophthalmologist Optometrist Optician

Ophthalmologist Optometrist Optician. CTE Intro. Summary: The purpose of this lesson is to teach you about ophthalmology, optometry, and optician careers, including job description, schooling, and salary. The activity will allow students to test their own eyes.

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Ophthalmologist Optometrist Optician

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  1. OphthalmologistOptometristOptician CTE Intro

  2. Summary:The purpose of this lesson is to teach you about ophthalmology, optometry, and optician careers, including job description, schooling, and salary. The activity will allow students to test their own eyes. • Career Connections: Optometrist, Ophthalmologist, Optician • Background:You should stand 20 feet away from Snellen charts. When covering your eye, do it very lightly with no pressure on your eye. • Bibliography: • Ophthalmologist job description and listings on CareerPlanner.com • Optometrist vs Ophthalmologist, Do You Know The Difference? • Optician Career Information and Job Description • Understanding Common Visual Acuity Tests • Eye Charts • Author:Krista Sontum, THALEA LONGHURST, Mitzi Jeppesen • Created Date :May 16 2011 11:06 AM

  3. Careers That Help People See! • Ophthalmologist : Medical Doctor who is specialized in eye and vision care. • Optometrist:A health care professional who is licensed to provide primary eye care services. • Optician: Makes glasses and contact lenses using the prescriptions that the ophthalmologists and optometrists write.

  4. Ophthalmologists Ophthalmologists are doctors and can do many things, such as: • Examines patient’s Eyes to diagnose and treat diseases and injuries of the eyes • Performs various tests to determine vision loss. • Prescribes and administers medications and can prescribe glasses and contact lenses • Performs eye surgery.

  5. How do you become an Ophthalmologist? • School: • High School: • Take classes like Biology, Chemistry, Anatomy and Physiology, and Medical Terminology. • Join HOSA • College • Get a Bachelor’s of Science Degree. This takes about 4 years. • Medical School • Medical School takes four years • Residency • In a Residency you work with a Doctor of Ophthalmologist who will help teach you how to do specialized work, like eye surgery. • Salary: • It is a lot of school, but you will be making about… • $200,000 a year! • Job Outlook: • There will be a need for Ophthalmologists for many years, so the job chances of you getting a job after you graduate is very good.

  6. Optometrist • An Optometrist is a Doctor of Optometry. They can give primary eye care like: • Examine and diagnose eye diseases • In some US states Optometrists can treat diseases, otherwise, they will send their patients to an ophthalmologist • Examine, diagnose and treat visual conditions like nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism • Prescribe glasses, contact lenses • Perform minor surgical procedures like removing foreign bodies

  7. How do you become an Optometrist? • School: • High School • Take classes like Biology, Chemistry, Anatomy and Physiology, and Medical Terminology. • Join HOSA • College • You will need a Bachelor’s Degree. • This will take about 4 years. • Optometry School • Optometrist have a school just for them. Here they become a Doctor of Optometry, which is different than a Medica Doctor. • This takes about 4 years. • Salary • $90,000 a year • Job Outlook • People will continue to need to have their eyes cared for by Optometrists, so the job outlook is good.

  8. Optician Opticians work with Ophthalmologists and Optometrists to: • Make glasses and contact lenses • Work with patients to pick the best glasses frames and style for their lifestyle and taste. • Make sure glasses fit the patient • Fix broken glasses • Some Opticians make false eyes • Opticians also help to teach patients about how to care for their contact lens and glasses.

  9. How do you become an Optician? • School: • High School • Take classes like Biology, Chemistry, Anatomy and Physiology, and Medical Terminology. • Join HOSA • Certificate Program/Associates Degree • You will need to become a certified Optician. There are Certificate programs and Associate Degree Programs for this. • These programs take 1-2 years. • Salary: • $40,000 a year • Job Outlook: • Just like with the other careers, people will need help with their eyes and glasses for many years, so the job out look is good.

  10. Testing Vision • Have you seen this chart before? • You may have seen it at your doctor’s office, ophthalmologist’s, or your optometrist’s office. • It is called a Snellen Chart because it was invented in 1862 by Dr. Hermann Snellen.

  11. How the Snellen Chart Works • The Snellen chart has 11 rows of capital letters, with each row being smaller print than the last. • During testing, the patient is asked to stand a specific distance from the chart and read the letters to the doctor. The smallest line that they can see clearly represents the acuity of their vision. The big E at the top is 20/200 (which as you can imagine, is not very good) and the 8th line down 20/20 vision, which is considered normal. • The remaining 3 lines represent better-than-normal vision, with the smallest line being 20/10. If you can read this last line, you have fantastic vision! • Each eye is separately tested as our eyes are not identical and one is often weaker than the other.

  12. How well do you See? • Now you try! • It’s time to test your vision. • You and your partner will get a Snellen chart and record your results. • One of you will stand 20 feet from the paper, and the other will stand with the paper, so they can check if you are reading the paper correctly. The partner with the chart will record how accurate your vision is. • If you wear glasses, you can try this with your glasses and with out. • You will each do it once with both eyes, once with the left eye, and once with the right eye.

  13. Near Vision Test Now you try! It’s time to test your vision. • You and your partner will get a near vision chart and record your results. • One of you will sit with the paper 16 inches from your face. The partner with your chart will record how accurate your vision is. • If you wear glasses, you can try this with your glasses and with out. • You will each do it once with both eyes, once with the left eye, and once with the right eye.

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  16. Ophthalmologist, Optometrist, or Optician? Quiz From the Description below, put if you think it is describing an ophthalmologist, an optometrist, or an optician. A. Ophthalmologist B. Optometrist C. Optician • _________ This person can do simple surgeries, like removing a foreign body from the eye. • _________ This person makes about $40, 000 a year. • _________ This person will go to medical school after college, then do a residency. • _________ This person makes glasses and helps teach patients how to use and care for their glasses and contacts. • _________ This person goes to school at the College of Optometry. • _________ This person makes about $200,000 a year. • _________ This person gets a certificate or associates degree after high school. • _________ This person makes about $90,000 a year. • _________ This person can operate on eyes and write prescriptions. • _________ This person can make glass eyes.

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