SOME OPTICIANS ARE COMPULSIVELY OBSESSED WITH OD's
Dannyboy,
Honestly,you lack knowledge of profession of optometry inside and outside of USA. I don't like to keep arguing over and over the same issue because people might not notice the difference
However, FYFI:
1)My colleagues from Tanzania with local diploma of optometry have graduated from Newenco with OD degree, spending just under 2 years at Boston.
2)I have a fellow optometrist friend from South Africa practising optometry in Ontario,Canada with his South African qualification Dip.Optom.,FOA(SA).He has no OD degree.
3)European opticians and optometrist now have freedom of movement under EEA,and their syllabuses is almost same.There is also single European diploma of optometry examinations held in France and England.For further information refer to ECOO.
Concerning myself:
1) I am optometrist for 20 years now.
2)I have been resident of USA and Canada and do often visit there for optometric congresses and sit on public health & regulatory commitees.
I trust over a time,you will gain knowledge of optometry profession within US and internationally.
Regards,
Optom
Doctors Dregree ...............................
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chip anderson said:
Gee: Danny
I can remember when you could get an O.D. degree at Cougar high with a high-school diploma and a year at Cougar.
Chip
I can remember when the College of Optometry of Philadelphia sold Doctor of Optometry titles to anybody outside the USA who had some degree in the optical trade as far back as 1962. They used to advertise in European trade magazines. Cost was if I remember right, somewhere around $ 1500.00
Optometrists in Quebec went to the college of optometriy which was run by 5 or 6 optometrists as private school and after 3 years passed the exams and had the title Optometrist, but as it was a private school they could not get the doctorate.
All the old Optometrists in the province of Quebec had the framed title of doctor from the College of Optometry of Philadelphia hanging in their offices.
2 answers in one shot.............................
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Originally Posted by Jo
Chis,
Year back someone told me that even to become an Optician in Canada required formal education and a $700 license. Is the true or still the case?
Old post I never answered.
Each Province in Canada has its own licensing rules and I am not too familiar with it. I am sure that some of the active Canadian Optiboarders are more qualified to answer this question.
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However in Europe most opticians will do refractions if they have a masters degree. Which takes a few years of courses.
I doubt that in the USA which has some many states were opticianry is a free for all profession it could work. You would need a secert police force to enforce the profession as probably every Dick and Henri would start testing eyes.
Respectfully disagree...........................
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Originally Posted by wmcdonald
Opticians in Europe have various requirements, but a Master's degree is not one of them.
Above statement is incorrect, I am originally from there and have personally gone through the mill all the way.
Research indicates different information
My recent research into the training requirements in Germany are the basis for my statement. Doing a google search for Opticians training requirements indicate the following link:
http://64.233.179.104/search?q=cache...+Germany&hl=en
I hope this is clear, and did not want to debate the subject, but I could not find eveidence of a degree program, and in fact found a long-standing apprentice-type program. I hope this clarifies my point.