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Anik Das 6th Jul, 2019

Hello Soham, An eye care professional is an individual who offers services related tp the eyes or vision. It is any healthcare worker involved in eye care, and ranges from someone with a small amount of post secondary training to practitioners with doctoral level of education.

Check out this link for detailed info on optometry as a career: https://medicine.careers360.com/articles/6310-Career-Review_Optometry

Optometrists are however not qualified enough to perform eye surgeries like opthalmologists. They however find out underlying eye conditions, provide lens and specs prescription and offer post and pre-operative care amongst others.

There is no MBBS course to become an Optometrist however there are BSc Optometry or B.Optom or Diploma courses offered throughout India.  So it may not be the same as what yoi are mentioning as a medical doctor.

nimrat17799_9532496 Student Expert 6th Jul, 2019
Hello,



NO!!!!!

An Optometrist is not a medical doctor!!!!!



An optometrist is an eye doctor who has earned the Doctor of Optometry (OD) degree.



As an optometrist you'll examine patients' eyes, give advice on visual problems and prescribe and fit spectacles or contact lenses when needed. You'll be trained to recognise eye diseases, such as glaucoma and cataract, as well as general health conditions such as diabetes.



While an ophthalmologist is a medical doctor!!!!



I hope this would help you. For further queries please feel free to write me down in the comment box.










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