Pretty much the title. Should I include anything specific like practice area, interests etc?

Hi Reddit I need access to one session from ASCRS that occurred last Sunday. I attended the meeting but missed that session. I thought I would be able to access it on demand but the replay is only for physicians. Are there any physicians that attended that would be able to help me out?

As the caption said im very tired of my trial frames breaking, they break particularly at the nose pad, that little rubber breaks off or dry rots over time. Im fed up to the point where im actually considering 3d printing some sort of nose pad replacements.

What have been your experience with trial frames? What brands and models do you recommend? What do you guys think about a 3d printer replacement nose pad for trial frames? (Preferably universal for most standard design trial frames)

Hi, I am an optometrist in Hong Kong and the qualification is recognized by most of the countries in the world. However, if I want to be an optometrist in the US, I need to complete a docterate degree for 4years in the US. Does anyone have relevant experience and can give me a brief picture of the tuition fee and what uni are recommended?

Thank you so much!!

Update: some of you have been pretty condescending about this post and it really surprised me! I would have expected experienced, licensed, or certified opticians to jump on the opportunity to explain why they believe in their products over online lenses! But instead I was mostly spoken down to about how they just are, I should simply know that, and I can’t call myself an optician if I’m unlicensed whether my state and employer considers me one or not. None of those things help my patients tho. thankfully some of you were kind enough to explain that online lenses are made with mass production methods similar to those used by SHEIN or Temu, which is something many people are familiar with. I appreciate this so much, because it’s a comparison that will help me explain the options to patients in a way that makes the benefits or consequences of their choice of retailer a lot more clear! Thank you 😊

Hello! I recently started a job as an optician in a high end optical store. It’s been a while since I worked in optical (I moved into ophthalmology for a while before finding my way back) and my first job in the field was at a Walmart vision center. I’ve got a bit of sticker shock from the prices at my new job. I’m wondering if there is actually any reason to buy $400 lenses when you can get $100 lenses else where. As a person who is by no means wealthy myself, I’m struggling with the idea of talking people into wasting money. I fully believe in getting the best glasses you can to meet your needs, they’re medical devices and for most people they’re used more than any other thing they own. But if they can get the same quality for less, is there really any reason not to go to Zenni or Walmart?

Are there noticeable differences in quality between lens and coating manufacturers that correlate to their price points? Are there any resources available that illustrate those differences that I could study up on?

I’m hoping there is a reason to pay more, I was hoping to stay at this job long enough to complete a 2 year apprenticeship. But if I’m ripping people off idk if I’ll be able to stomach it that long.

Thanks for any help you can provide!

I live in a state that allows providers to use their own discretion when it comes to signing tint waivers. I don't sign them usually (I may make an exception for certain conditions) however I get asked almost weekly to have them filled out (nobody has yet to have a valid medical exemption IMO). Most people are fine with my boundary/reasoning and move on.

However, there has been one patient in particular that has escalated my denial to their PCP which then involved my office manager (I work in a large network OD/MD clinic with multiple subspecialties and satellite offices). This patient was verbally abusive to my front desk staff and optical d/t frustration regarding the waiver denial. I ultimately referred them to our neurology department and they also left that appointment angry and in some kind of verbal altercation (I read the chart note after). I had to make a statement about my diagnosis/reasoning to the PCP office manager because the patient brought it up to the PCP and I kindly suggested the patient get a second opinion elsewhere. Unfortunately, one of my staff put the patient onto my schedule next week with the same problem again. How do I navigate this? Send to retina? I am starting to not feel safe about even seeing them again.

I was taught light sensitivity is a symptom. The patient's DFE is normal. Already tried AR/tint - pt says glasses do not work. Legally available tint is already on the pt's car per their report. Not sure how to proceed and feeling upset - any advice helps! thank you!

Hi all,

I’m flying out to NC next week to take the law exam for Florida (hate that they don’t do it online like most states). Any tips on prep? I’ve heard some people have actually failed and that time is a concern. Will I be able to control f for the answer (and is everything I need already on one pdf to search)? Do I have access to the web? I don’t really see much about how the test will go on the website.

For those who took it did you feel like it was pretty straightforward or were the questions things I will need to dig for?

Just want to try to prepare and prevent any possible retake (considering I’d have to fly out and stay in a hotel AGAIN if I did have to retake).

TIA!

Anyone have any experience with any manual phoropters that have come from China? (ie from alibaba or eBay). Significantly cheaper but I’m sure there’s a reason? I currently have an automated one but still prefer manual phoropters.

Any ODs out there that works / worked in vision works in North Carolina have any wisdom / thoughts to share regarding experience you have/ had there.

Just wanted some advice on whether to get a high mag vs normal mag 4 mirror volk gonio. Is the high mag worth it or is it just better to get the conventional flanged 4 mirror gonio.

Thanks all :)

I have a patient who is a pilot wanting transition progressive lenses so the gauges are more clear while he’s flying. I know there are certain things that a pilot’s lenses should and shouldn’t have, but I can’t remember for the life of me. Can anyone help me out here?

Everyone always talks about the starting salary but I’m more interested in how your salaries have increased/decreased based on experience, It would be nice to know the:

Starting Salary:

Current Salary:

Years of experience:

Residency/ no Residency:

Projected income in 5 years:

Urban/Rural:

Setting:

Yes, it was stupid to look directly at the sun; you should have known that given all the warnings and basic common knowledge. No, we don't know if you have damaged your retina, and we certainly can't give you any probability estimates. We literally have no idea. Afterimages may be temporary.

Chill, relax, and if you have persisting symptoms after a few days, book a visit at an eye doctor. There's nothing else you can do now.

Reminder that this is not the place for these questions anyway; posts from non eye-care professionals will be removed.

Copied from r/eyetriage mod team.

Does anybody use this and have some tips? I'm really struggling to get the hang of this technique and I need to hone my skills as I am being assessed and have poor acuity in one eye.

Is there a general rule of thumb for the difference between the distance ret result and near ret result I can go by?

As the title says im a recent graduate looking fo presure a master program, im not sure if im ready to commit to a full time program so i have been looking at more part time online options.

Has anyone ever done the SAERA masters in clinical optometry and vision science? Whats your opinion on it and are there any better alternatives i should be looking at?

I am currently in search of a bigger field of view/shorter working distance condensing lens. I feel like I don't see the digital clear field being used as often in this subreddit and in real life. On paper, it seems superior to having a 28D (bigger field of view, maintaining mag, similar working distance), but I was wondering of people's experience with trying these two lenses

I heard there is a dimming effect and additional glare with digital clear field. I only have experience with the digital wide field and was not a particular fan of the glare.

Is this something I should try doing and gaining knowledge on or should I quit while I’m ahead?

Im pretty financially literate and way more of a people person than she is outside of patient care. Bachelor’s in Business and most of my career has been in contract compliance although I absolutely would not handle the legal side of things.

This is just her dream, she’s a dreamer and I’m not so it balances us out for pretty much everything.

I know next to nothing about owning a business, it was nothing I ever considered doing, not that I think I wouldn’t be able to handle it. I like learning new things and have always picked things up fast. However I don’t want to get in over my head if I don’t need to.

I also don’t know if it makes sense for me to do that. I have a cozy work from home job with the state and on my current trajectory should be making about 80-90k in 3/4 years. I don’t “love” my job and would definitely leave it for this if it’s more profitable for us.

I don’t really know what being an “officer manager” entails and if I should start dedicating a bunch of time into learning that. Are there any resources I should look into or should we pretty much immediately start working in a different direction from this?

I hope this post is ok. I’ll keep it as short as possible.

Im a 40 year old male living in a smallish country town in Australia (population: 40k). I have been working at a dispenser owned practice for the last 10 years and I have had enough. Time to move on.

I have been offered to buy the competitions private practice literally 150 meters down the road from me. I do not have any contractual restrictions. The practice is a 1.3m practice, of which 300-350k is profit.

He wants 800k for the practice, and for me to employ the current owner part time for 3 years, which is great for the goodwill factor. However I will also have to provide him accomodation every second week as he is moving to live in the nearby city.

Im having troubles deciding if I should go ahead with it? For the first time in my life I am now debt free. I can’t see myself lasting at my current workplace (those who have worked for dispensers will understand). I have recently gone through some major life changes including a divorce 12 months ago.

Please help me decide?

Life will pay any price you ask of it.” — Tony Robbins

For everyone asking how much should they make just remember this quote. There’s a story that goes along with it (that I will likely butcher) where a homeless man asks for a dollar and Tony responds “is that all you want?” The homeless man eagerly says yes yes that’s all I want please can I have a dollar. Tony then thumbs through his wallet looking for a 1$ bill amongst the 100’s and 20’s so that the homeless man can see all he has in his wallet. He then gives the 1$ bill to him and says life will pay you want you ask and not a penny more. No pp owner, PE firm or corporate office will pay more than you ask. Today on ODs on finance they post jobs every Friday and multiple jobs were over 200k, all of them were well over 120k. Everyone on here seems to bemoan the salary survey that came out and say that can’t be that can’t be, I only make 100k. There are jobs out there that pay more, you as the job seeker need to put in the effort to find them, provide value to your practice by growing it and showing you are worth the money then you will reap the rewards. I’m always shocked as a profession that we will quibble about how everyone should be paid less. There people out there making over a million dollars a year checking eyes, and there’s people making less than 100k. The choice is up to you on which one you want to be

We’ve had a bunch of people complain their eyes are dilated and vision is blurry up to 5-6 days after removing the patch. Is this the normal time frame? I thought scopolamine was more short acting than that. What do yall experience as far as length of dilation goes?

Hello, I am currently working on getting another state license. Is it ok to go ahead and start applying to jobs while waiting?