Vision screenings differ from eye exams, optometrists explain

Vision screenings differ from eye exams, optometrists explain

Eye patients sometimes assume that their vision screenings required for obtaining a driver’s license or certain certifications are equivalent to comprehensive eye exams. However, that isn’t the case.

Optometry in Trinidad and Tobago: Strengthening vision, shaping care - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

THALIA BRUCE OPTOMETRY, as defined by the World Health Organisation (WHO), is a healthcare profession that is autonomous, educated and regulated (licenced/registered). Optometrists are the primary healthcare practitioners of the eye and visual system. They provide comprehensive services including refraction and dispensing, detection/diagnosis and management of disease in the eye, and rehabilitation of conditions of the visual system. But behind …