Optometry or a more Medicinal Field?

teriwtt
Sun, 25 Nov 2007 01:08:46 +0000

I think you need to do a search of optometrist and opthamologist. An opthamologist is an M.D. that does eye care, including surgery. They can also prescribe medications, whereas opthamologists are more limited in the medications they can prescribe. Med school is four years after college. Residency is a time frame (depending on the specialization) of refinement of your specialization. Some residencies are longer than others, depending on the area of specialization. For instance, plastic surgeons do many more years of residency than say, family practice doctors. Residencies continue in an academic setting, but you are an M.D., and spend much of your time on patient care. I don’t think there’s such a thing as optometrist M.D. I’d try to do a search on job salaries of the two, but my guess is opthamologists probably tend to make more as they typically have more training.