What are OD and MDs?
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What are OD and MDs?
I am moving across the world with a young family to support. I am looking for ways to prove myself to any future employer so that I am able to do so.
People have different views on a good wage....
would it be rude to ask what you consider a good wage?
does a decent job equal decent pay? That's my concern. Worried how you can get a good wage with no proven credentials
Hi,
I just had a quick question, I am a British Dispensing Optician who will be looking to move to the states, and am looking to qualify to practice when am out there. I have checked the...
Thanks for the answer! haven't booked exam just yet... Would be nice I could do online :)
I am a UK Dispensing Optician married to an American, and we plan to move to the states within the next couple of years. I plan to sit my Abo exams to register and be able to practice in America. MY...
would you say the ABO was easy to sit? what kind of stuff is involved?
I have done 3 years of university, and also sat practical exams. havent done too much with contact lenses though
thats brilliant, thanks!
Well, My Mrs family is in Mississippi, so that was an option, but surely no qualifications, no license, means awful pay? I at the moment, take home approx $36,000 a year. I wouldn't even come close...
Does anyone know about Colorado? That was another option for the Mrs and I.
so it makes know difference at all that I am fully qualified in the UK, i have to start all over again?
So common sense would say that I would be taking a huge pay cut to move across to the states?
so can some correct me of I am wrong, to be classed a 'dispensing optician', all i need to do is sit the ABO exams, which cost $150, and appears to be a multiple choice exam? then apply to the...
i am lucky that I am a really good at sales... its why the opticians I work for put me forward for the course.
Thanks for all the pointes everyone!
Hi,
Have posted on here a few times, with general queries, and found some helpful stuff, but since then, things have changed.
I am currently living in the UK, and am engaged to my american...
i just spent two weeks in Columbus Mississippi, and admit, I loved it
well, my WIFE lives in mississippi, but may want to move home to colorado :)
Thanks for the reply chip.
The general optical council describes a dispensing optican as...
"A dispensing optician advises on, fits and supplies the most appropriate spectacles after taking...
I am a British Dispensing Optician, and I was wondering, does the role of 'Dispensing Optician' differ across the atlantic?
I ask, because I am currently engaged to an American, and late next year...
Thanks for your help everyone.
The sole reason for Mississippi is that I have a friend there... so if am moving to the states, would be nice to have a friendly face
have sent PM, as cant find email address
Hi there everyone..
I am new to these boards, so please bare with me, as the question may have been covered already, and I am unaware how to find out.
I am a fully qualified British Dispensing...