Ophthalmic tech - is this clinical experience?

[deleted823905]

I recently got a job offer to work as an ophthalmic technician in a ophthalmology group practice. Is this considered clinical experience? I'll work directly with patients and it is an MD office, but it doesn't feel like a traditional clinical experience to me because of the resemblance to optometry.

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[Xyzcannon18]

I recently got a job offer to work as an ophthalmic technician in a ophthalmology group practice. Is this considered clinical experience? I'll work directly with patients and it is an MD office, but it doesn't feel like a traditional clinical experience to me because of the resemblance to optometry.

This counts, especially working directly with patients.

 

[deleted823905]

This counts, especially working directly with patients.

Thanks! Do you know if this is true even if I'm mostly helping with eye exams and such? Like I said, it's pretty much the same as optometry so I wasn't sure if it counts as "clinical."

 

[JustaDO]

Is this considered clinical experience?

I'll work directly with patients

The answer to all of your questions.

 

[Catalystik]

Do you know if this is true even if I'm mostly helping with eye exams and such? Like I said, it's pretty much the same as optometry so I wasn't sure if it counts as "clinical."

I'm sure some of the folks you'll see are coming in for routine checkups and have no problems. But others will have eye conditions or medical issues that require ophthalmic surveillance . They are "patients" for med school application purposes. So I'd call it "clinical."

 

[tbonez71]

I recently got a job offer to work as an ophthalmic technician in a ophthalmology group practice. Is this considered clinical experience? I'll work directly with patients and it is an MD office, but it doesn't feel like a traditional clinical experience to me because of the resemblance to optometry.

I worked for an actual optometry practice for a year and did just fine this cycle. The direct 1-on-1 patient contact is more "patient experience" than a lot of other traditional clinical jobs get i.e. scribes. And you will see more disease than I did. Ophthalmology tech is a fine position.

 

[deleted823905]

The answer to all of your questions.

I'm sure some of the folks you'll see are coming in for routine checkups and have no problems. But others will have eye conditions or medical issues that require ophthalmic surveillance . They are "patients" for med school application purposes. So I'd call it "clinical."

I worked for an actual optometry practice for a year and did just fine this cycle. The direct 1-on-1 patient contact is more "patient experience" than a lot of other traditional clinical jobs get i.e. scribes. And you will see more disease than I did. Ophthalmology tech is a fine position.

Thank you so much!! Just wanted to confirm.