Orthoptists

Core Tasks

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

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