How To Become A Optometrist | Tips For Applying To Optometry School

What does it take to become a Optometrist?
4 years of college
4 years of Optometry School (Doctor of Optometry OD)

How much do Optometrists make?
Optometrists earned a median annual salary of $103,900 in 2015.

What is the difference between an Optometrist and Ophthalmologist?
When it's time to "get your eyes checked," make sure you are seeing the right eye care professional for your needs. Ophthalmologists, optometrists and opticians each play an important role in providing eye care to consumers. But the levels of training and expertise are quite different for each type of provider. Here's a quick look at the three types of eye care providers:

Ophthalmologist

An ophthalmologist — Eye M.D. — is a medical or osteopathic doctor who specializes in eye and vision care. Ophthalmologists differ from optometrists and opticians in their levels of training and in what they can diagnose and treat. As a medical doctor who has completed college and at least eight years of additional medical training, an ophthalmologist is licensed to practice medicine and surgery. An ophthalmologist diagnoses and treats all eye diseases, performs eye surgery and prescribes and fits eyeglasses and contact lenses to correct vision problems. Many ophthalmologists are also involved in scientific research on the causes and cures for eye diseases and vision disorders.
Subspecialists: additional knowledge and training for specific eye needs

While ophthalmologists are trained to care for all eye problems and conditions, some Eye M.D.s specialize in a specific area of medical or surgical eye care. This person is called a subspecialist. He or she usually completes one or two years of additional, more in-depth training called a fellowship in one of the main subspecialty areas such as glaucoma, retina, cornea, pediatrics, neurology and plastic surgery, as well as others. This added training and knowledge prepares an ophthalmologist take care of more complex or specific conditions in certain areas of the eye or in certain groups of patients.

Optometrist:

Optometrists are healthcare professionals who provide primary vision care ranging from sight testing and correction to the diagnosis, treatment, and management of vision changes. An optometrist is not a medical doctor. An optometrist receives a doctor of optometry (OD) degree after completing four years of optometry school, preceded by three years or more years of college. They are licensed to practice optometry, which primarily involves performing eye exams and vision tests, prescribing and dispensing corrective lenses, detecting certain eye abnormalities, and prescribing medications for certain eye diseases.

Optician:

Opticians are technicians trained to design, verify and fit eyeglass lenses and frames, contact lenses, and other devices to correct eyesight. They use prescriptions supplied by ophthalmologists or optometrists, but do not test vision or write prescriptions for visual correction. Opticians are not permitted to diagnose or treat eye diseases.

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Daily Divine Inspiration
Mon 14 Jan 2019
Topic: Where Is The Revival Fire?
Key Text: Isaiah 5:20 KJV - Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

Many believers are crying and weeping over the coldness and weakness of today's church. Many wonder why the sudden stop of the wave of revival that was moving around the nations a few years ago until late 2015. It's a question the believers should ask themselves. Are we to ask the Holy Spirit the question or ourselves? I suggest we ask ourselves. Asking the Holy Spirit might result to adding more sin to sin because the believers went astray and became sheep without a Shepherd. Acts 3:19 KJV

Why Wouldn't Revival Stop And The Church Of God Turned Cold? Have we forgotten that the Holy Spirit is the Chief Revivalist and the Power behind a revival? Do you know that the Holy Spirit needs a human vessel to work through? Do you know that the aim of a revival is for soul restoration and human reconciliation to God? If you do, you should know the reason revival stopped. Iniquity became a celebrity in the midst of revival programs, which automatically made the Holy Spirit to be sent away in the middle of a revival. Men have now become god over man; and they are now very wise in their own eyes. Isaiah 5:21 KJV

The Weeping And Repenting Church Became Hardened And Rebellious: The church suddenly became so cold because of what was a serious offence and sin between 2011 to 2014, which became a normal thing in 2015. Those things Jesus Christ considered sinful were taken as a way of life by those carrying out revival programs. Those who were to be revived were never ready for what Jesus was ready for. Many agents of revival sent by Jesus Christ left their duties and started doing what they were not sent to do because of the fear of man. Taking to correction became sacrilegious in the church. A revival must begin with you and I, in total repentance if the Holy Spirit must come back to work in global revival. Deuteronomy 5:32 KJV

Prayer: O Lord my God, have mercy and forgive us for all our rebellions and stubbornness. Please send down the Spirit of revival back to the church, for we are ready to humble ourselves in obedience to Him and stop lording over ourselves; in Jesus Christ mighty name. Amen.

Reflection: For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name [is] Holy; I dwell in the high and holy [place], with him also [that is] of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. Isaiah 57:15 KJV

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