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Should I get an OD after an MD if I can't match Ophtho
I really really really really really LOVE Eyeballs
I really really really really really LOVE Eyeballs
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Should I get an OD after an MD if I can't match Ophtho
I really really really really really LOVE Eyeballs
Funny. Makes me wonder. Do people say I want to be an gynecologist because I really, really love vaginas?
Or, I wanna be a podiatrist because I really, really love feet.![]()
Funny. Makes me wonder. Do people say I want to be an gynecologist because I really, really love vaginas?
Or, I wanna be a podiatrist because I really, really love feet.![]()
Why hasn't anyone taken this post at face value?
As someone who wanted to be an OD, only applied to OD schools it is nauseating to hear.
Well - there's a large number of MDs practicing as refractionists up here in Canada, so the concept of an MD practicing as an OD isn't farfetched - its common.
Haha the OMD I worked for during the summer was basically an Optometrist. He was doing bifocals, single vision, contact lenses, and treating minor eye disease for 20 days out of the month. 2 days out of the month he was an OMD because he did surgery![]()
Why did he tailor his practice to primary eye care? Is he close to retirement or already retired? Are his surgical skill not as in demand in the area he serves?
Just curious.
This is why I think OD school should be an associates degree.
Agree, the scope is very limited and degree is too long and expensive.
It's mostly a money making scheme. Same with pharmacy schools. Same with audiologist. Everyone now has to have a doctorage degree. How much traning does a pharmacist need to look stuff up on a computer and count pills? Does someone that checks your hearing really need 4 years of graduate school? (I know all will argue they do much, much more).
I expect PA programs, who have gone from a bachelors degree to a master degree in about 15 years will soon be a doctorate degree as well. The longer they can keep people in school, the more money. Every college I know is building giant new buildings at an incredible rate. I'm afraid, we, the pubic, are the suckers for contining to give them more and more of our money (and the gov't money). But I guess until people stop going and/or the gov't gets out of the education business, it will continue the way it is. Some education people are getting VERY rich.
But back to optometry school, if an MD can learn the entire body in 4 years, how long should it take to learn about 2 inches of the body (meaning the eyeballs and a little brain and systemic stuff)? Schools could skip the crap you already learn in undergrad like biochemistry and the like. And they could skip all the old binocular tests that were developed 80 years ago but are never used today.
An optometrist could very easily be trained well in 2 years.
Most ODs are not diagnosing diseases or doing any surgeries. They are refracting 99% of the time.
1. You do not need an OD degree to practice optometry
2. If you practice "medical" eye care only, the medical degree works just fine. I have heard of internists practice "optometry" in a public clinic and after 1-2 years, they can do everything that an optometrist can do.
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But back to optometry school, if an MD can learn the entire body in 4 years, how long should it take to learn about 2 inches of the body (meaning the eyeballs and a little brain and systemic stuff)? Schools could skip the crap you already learn in undergrad like biochemistry and the like. And they could skip all the old binocular tests that were developed 80 years ago but are never used today.
An optometrist could very easily be trained well in 2 years.