That was me that mixed the terms up, but not the condition. Don't get it twisted I have sat through the same training that OCT get on low vision and can confidently say we both don't have a clue as to what we are doing, to an extent. I at least have knowledge in the optics. I am amazed that you would find an OCT more qualified than an optician for LV. Not to say that all opticians are qualified, but I have not meet any OCT that are qualified, it's just another area to bill for them. By the way the training I attended was more focused on billing than on provideing the correct optical aids and when questions came up from OCT their lack of knowledge in the field was disgusting.
Their was recently an OD on this board in another thread that said some pretty dumb things concerning prism and you think they would know better, right. I brought up more than a few instances in this thread where the patient could be better served by the doctor provideing more information to the optician who provides a very valuable and necessary service based on the information gathered by the OD, but rather than discuss the merits of those issues they were picked apart for semantics or lack of the proper term. In reality, the information does not belong to you, it belongs to the patient. If you really believe that by holding information hostage for the patient you are doing them a favor or provideing better patient care then this thread has really outlived it's use and I am disgusted. Lately the more I talk to OD's the more arrogant and self serving the attitudes seem to be getting.
Last time I get smacked in the face with an olive branch I try to extend.
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