Optometrist / Eye Doctor
Optometrist – Diagnoses common eye diseases and disorders as well as refractive vision correction. In some countries they can treat with a limited number of pharmaceuticals. In a small number of countries they do minor surgery within the limits of what General Practitioners do, although sometimes the scope of this is disapproved by ophthalmologists. In most countries, optometry is either a 4 year or 5 year college degree and they are not classified as Doctors (except in the Phillipines).
In the USA, the standard education is four years of college and four years of optometry school at an accredited Doctor of Optometry (OD) program – with an additional one to two years of residency, internship, and/or fellowship and specialty training is required for specialty training. Sometimes these optometrists use the term optometric physician or medical optometrist.
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