Ophthalmic Medical Technicians

A typical week, in the words of people in the job

1. 01Assist patients to insert or remove contact lenses.
2. 02Conduct binocular disparity tests to assess depth perception.
3. 03Adjust or make minor repairs to spectacles or eyeglasses.
4. 04Take anatomical or functional ocular measurements of the eye or surrounding tissue, such as axial length measurements.
5. 05Measure visual acuity, including near, distance, pinhole, or dynamic visual acuity, using appropriate tests.
6. 06Measure and record lens power, using lensometers.
7. 07Administer topical ophthalmic or oral medications.
8. 08Conduct visual field tests to measure field of vision.
9. 09Assist physicians in performing ophthalmic procedures, including surgery.
10. 10Conduct tonometry or tonography tests to measure intraocular pressure.
11. 11Operate ophthalmic equipment, such as autorefractors, phoropters, tomographs, or retinoscopes.
12. 12Clean or sterilize ophthalmic or surgical instruments.

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