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Uploaded by on Jan 4, 2009

Qualifications for an optometry career include a bachelor's degree in the sciences, completion of optometry school and a one-year residency. Qualify to be an optometrist with tips from a practicing optometrist in this free video on career information.

Expert: Dr. Raj Patel
Contact: www.vancouvervision.com
Bio: Dr. Raj Patel graduated as a member of the Gold Key International Optometric Honor Society with a doctor of optometry degree from the University of Houston.
Filmmaker: Lisa Fenderson

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  • Good job. Accurate information.

  • @SuperGeneralsurgeon Your comment doesn't make sense. Why would a person wanting to be an optometrist go to medical school? Never knew a troll could fail so badly.

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  • Except for the part about there being no respectable work left for new graduates after they finish school. That would have been helpful to include. Optometry is a terrible investment. You'll spend a couple of hundred thousand & end up working at Walmart or Sam's Club as an independent contractor for low pay. Anyone who says otherwise is kidding themselves. The vast majority of grads are forced into commercial optometry. Please, ask around. Watch this.....

    youtube.com/watch?v=bk2YpECr9X­I

  • Thanks a lot this was very helpful.

  • @SwitchRich I think an optician is a professional who makes and dispenses eyeglasses, or other corrective lenses. An optometrist is the doctor.

  • first step...don't get into medical school...

  • 'Optometrist' sounds like such a made up word. Surely the word is 'optician'.

  • what classes should i be taking in high school to pursue this occupation?

  • What's the advantage of completing a residency? Is it simply done to gain experience, or does it offer a professional leg-up?

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