Orthoptist

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Help improve patients' quality of life by correcting vision and eye movement issues.
Make a significant impact by diagnosing and treating complex visual disorders.
Unique role focusing on binocular vision and eye movement for better patient outcomes.

💰 Earn $85K-$141K

📚 Doctoral or Professional Degree

⏱️ 48 MONTH TRAINING

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What You’ll Do

Diagnose and treat visual system disorders such as binocular vision and eye movement impairments.

Examine patients with problems related to ocular motility, binocular vision, amblyopia, or strabismus.
Evaluate, diagnose, or treat disorders of the visual system with an emphasis on binocular vision or abnormal eye movements.
Provide instructions to patients or family members concerning diagnoses or treatment plans.
Perform diagnostic tests or measurements, such as motor testing, visual acuity testing, lensometry, retinoscopy, and color vision testing.
Provide nonsurgical interventions, including corrective lenses, patches, drops, fusion exercises, or stereograms, to treat conditions such as strabismus, heterophoria, and convergence insufficiency.

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Minimum Education

Doctoral or Professional Degree

Career Prospects

Good (Increasing by 1-5%)

Training Time

Over 4 years

Median Earnings

$110,260 in California

$107,990 Nationally

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Best For You If...

YOU Like 💕

Relating with or serving others
Thinking and problem solving
Working with my hands

You are skilled in 💫

Active Listening
Critical Thinking
Reading Comprehension
Speaking
Writing

You value 🙏

Having freedom
Job security
Personal relationships

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Orthoptist

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Bachelor's Degree

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Healthcare

The primary activities of this group involve delivering medical care and support to patients, including diagnosing illness, treating injuries, administering medication, assisting with daily living activities, and completing corresponding administrative tasks.