Opthalmic vs Optometric Assistant

[indivisibles]

Will optometry schools care if I gain experience as an opthalmic assistant rather than at an optometry office ?

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[optometry97]

I think that schools will appreciate the experience, but at a lot of my interviews I was often asked about my experiences in different scopes of optometry. So I’d say if you get the job as an ophthalmic tech I would still shadow Optometry practices, and get my letter of rec from an OD.

 

[AskMeUMSLOptometry]

Agree with optometry97. You are wanting to go to Optometry school, not Ophthalmology school I assume. Schools would rather see you working in Optometry, if the ophthalmology office has optometrist working as well that's fine. But, try to focus your time on the optometry world.