Optometrist


 * Category: Allied health

Career: Optomitrist   Job Description:Optometrists provide primary vision care for patients. They can examine, diagnose, treat and care eye diseases and disorders. They can offer drugs for diagnostic purposes. They prescribe eyeglasses, contact lenses, vision therapy and low vision aids.

 Educational Requirements: To become an optometrist one must complete a four year program at an accredited [|optometry school], following at least three years of study at an accredited college or university.Other Requirements for Optometrists:All states and the District of Columbia require that optometrists be licensed. In addition to completion of the Doctor of Optometry degree, one must pass both the written National Board examination and a National, regional, or State clinical examination. Applicants in many states must also pass an examination on relevant state laws.

 Colleges or Universities Programs of Study:  * AL: [|University of Alabama at Birmingham] [|[73]] * AZ: [|Midwestern University-Arizona College of Optometry] [|[74]] [Glendale, AZ]
 * CA: [|University of California, Berkeley] [|[75]]
 * CA: [|Southern California College of Optometry] [|[76]]
 * CA: [|Western University of Health Sciences] [|[77]]
 * FL: [|Nova Southeastern University] [|[78]]
 * IL: [|Illinois College of Optometry] [|[79]]
 * <span style="color: #150f0f; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">IN: [|Indiana University] [|[80]]
 * <span style="color: #150f0f; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">MA: [|New England College of Optometry] [|[81]]
 * <span style="color: #150f0f; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">MI: [|Michigan College of Optometry] at [|Ferris State University] [|[82]]
 * <span style="color: #150f0f; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">MO: [|University of Missouri St. Louis] [|[83]]
 * <span style="color: #150f0f; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">NY: [|State University of New York] [|[84]]
 * <span style="color: #150f0f; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">OH: [|Ohio State University] [|[85]]
 * <span style="color: #150f0f; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">OK: [|Northeastern State University] [|[86]]
 * <span style="color: #150f0f; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">OR: [|Pacific University] [|[87]]
 * <span style="color: #150f0f; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">PA: [|Pennsylvania College of Optometry] [|[88]]
 * <span style="color: #150f0f; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">PR: [|Interamerican University of Puerto Rico, School of Optometry] [|[89]]
 * <span style="color: #150f0f; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">TN: [|Southern College of Optometry] [|[90]]
 * <span style="color: #150f0f; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">TX: [|University of Houston] [|[91]]
 * <span style="color: #150f0f; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">TX: [|University of the Incarnate Word] [|[92]]

<span style="color: #150f0f; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> Professional Organizations: || <span style="color: #150f0f; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Alberta College of Optometrists <span style="color: #150f0f; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">American Academy of Optometry <span style="color: #150f0f; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry (ASCO) <span style="color: #150f0f; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">American Optometric Association <span style="color: #150f0f; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Association of Regulatory Boards of Optometry (ARBO) <span style="color: #150f0f; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry (ASCO)) <span style="color: #150f0f; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">California Optometric Association (COA) <span style="color: #150f0f; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Canadian Association of Optometrists <span style="color: #150f0f; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Contact Lens Manufacturers Association <span style="color: #150f0f; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">National Board of Examiners in Optometry (NBEO) <span style="color: #150f0f; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">National Optometric Association (NOA) <span style="color: #150f0f; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Southern Council of Optometrists <span style="color: #150f0f; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Texas Optometric Association (TOA) ||

<span style="color: #150f0f; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> Salary Range: Median annual wages of salaried optometrists were $96,320. The middle 50 percent earned between $70,140 and $125,460. Median annual wages of salaried optometrists in offices of optometrists were $92,670. <span style="color: #150f0f; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">According to the American Optometric Association, average annual income for self-employed optometrists was $175,329 in 2007.

<span style="color: #150f0f; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Future Job Outlook:Employment of optometrists is expected to grow much faster than the average for all occupations through 2018, in response to the vision care needs of a growing and aging population. Excellent job opportunities are expected <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">

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