Do you think your limiting yourself?

[iraqiamerican]

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Sorry if this has been discussed here before, but choosing to do optometry instead of ophthalmology, do you think your limiting yourself? I dont know, but the ave GPA for opt school here in Michigan (Ferris) is a 3.3. And I just say to myself, do I belong there or at a med school going for ophtho? 🙁
Why did you choose not to do ophthalmology?

 

[AsianDoc816]

Sorry if this has been discussed here before, but choosing to do optometry instead of ophthalmology, do you think your limiting yourself? I dont know, but the ave GPA for opt school here in Michigan (Ferris) is a 3.3. And I just say to myself, do I belong there or at a med school going for ophtho? 🙁
Why did you choose not to do ophthalmology?

Well, first of all, optometrists and ophthalmologits are licensed to do different things. I am in a very weird situation right now, as I was accepted to medical school but am currently on a leave of absence and am debating on whether I belong in optometry school. What you have to ask yourself is this: are you more interested in the primary care aspects of eyecare or eye disease/surgery? This is the primary difference between the two. From what I have heard through the grapevine, MDs will ALWAYS have more latitude in the field of healthcare (essentially, they can do more than optometrists). However, what you have to realize is that you don't simply "sign up" for a residency in ophthalmology going the medical school route. Ophthalmology residencies are extremely difficult to obtain, and you must be highly competitive in medical school to obtain one. So, if you are TRULY interested in eyecare, and you are not so gung-ho about disease/surgery, then I'd say to go the optometry route. However, if you're more interested in disease, pathology, etc., and might consider something other than eyecare, I'd go the medical route. As for me, I'm still trying to decide what I really want myself.

 

[hoosier1]

I can say for sure that I would choose optometry over opthalmology because I don't want to do surgery.