<p>Updated:</p>
<p>Optometry pros:[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>]Better hours.
[</em>]No call.
[<em>]Less BS from insurance industry.
[</em>]Less malpractice.
[<em>]Easier to get into opt school.
[</em>]Practicing sooner.[/ul]</p>
<p>Optometry cons:[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>]Opt schools pumping out too many optometrists.
[</em>]Commercialization of optometry.
[li]Less prestige.[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Physician pros:[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>]More money.
[</em>]More opportunities to specialize.
[<em>]Job stability.
[</em>]Ability to find work anywhere.
[li]More prestige.[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Physician cons:[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>]Lots of insurance BS to deal with.
[</em>]Hours are sometimes longer.
[<em>]Harder to get into med school.
[</em>]Takes more time to become a physician.
[*]More malpractice.[/ul]</p>