Description
Diagnose and treat visual system disorders such as binocular vision and eye movement impairments.
- • Assist ophthalmologists in diagnostic ophthalmic procedures, such as ultrasonography, fundus photography, and tonometry.
- • Provide nonsurgical interventions, including corrective lenses, patches, drops, fusion exercises, or stereograms, to treat conditions such as strabismus, heterophoria, and convergence insufficiency.
- • Develop nonsurgical treatment plans for patients with conditions such as strabismus, nystagmus, and other visual disorders.
- • Perform diagnostic tests or measurements, such as motor testing, visual acuity testing, lensometry, retinoscopy, and color vision testing.
- • Examine patients with problems related to ocular motility, binocular vision, amblyopia, or strabismus.
- • Evaluate, diagnose, or treat disorders of the visual system with an emphasis on binocular vision or abnormal eye movements.
- • Interpret clinical or diagnostic test results.
- • Provide instructions to patients or family members concerning diagnoses or treatment plans.
- • Refer patients to ophthalmic surgeons or other physicians.
- • Develop or use special test and communication techniques to facilitate diagnosis and treatment of children or patients with disabilities.
- • Collaborate with ophthalmologists, optometrists, or other specialists in the diagnosis, treatment, or management of conditions such as glaucoma, cataracts, and retinal diseases.
- • Prepare diagnostic or treatment reports for other medical practitioners or therapists.
- • Participate in clinical research projects.
- • Present or publish scientific papers.
- • Perform vision screening of children in schools or community health centers.
- • Provide training related to clinical methods or orthoptics to students, resident physicians, or other health professionals.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
