Should I put my ophthalmology experience under "optometric experience" on OptomCAS?

[terpnation]

I have several years of experience working as an assistant in ophthalmology. Can I put this experience as "optometric experience" or should I label it as "employment?"

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[od2022]

I have several years of experience working as an assistant in ophthalmology. Can I put this experience as "optometric experience" or should I label it as "employment?"

If you were compensated, it should go under employment I would say. Optometric experience would be more-so shadowing/volunteering. Or you could put it under employment, and then add the shadowing aspect of it under experience and talk about hands-on learning and what not.

 

[London22]

Put it as Optometric experience. It lets you check off a box that says something along the lines of “I was compensated” which shows them it was a job. I did this with 4+ years worth of optom work and the schools didn’t question it. I also put the employment description under the desc part.