pediatric optometrist?

[Smooth Operater]

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I have a friend who wishes to work with kids in health care field in the future, but not sure what other options she can look into other than pediatric MD. I am just wondering, are there opportunties for optometry grad to work mainly with children who have eye problems??

 

[acurael]

I have a friend who wishes to work with kids in health care field in the future, but not sure what other options she can look into other than pediatric MD. I am just wondering, are there opportunties for optometry grad to work mainly with children who have eye problems??

Yup, she can specialize in pediatrics. I dont know how common specializations are in Canada (or maybe i just dont know any specialist OD's 😕 ).....i know they are more common in the US

 

[cpw]

you can do a residency as an optometrist in pediatric optometry and binocular vision disorders. (aka eye turns, stabismus, lazy eye etc)