Originally Posted by
rwallner
"ain't no way in america that an automated phoroptor is going to speed up refraction.
It will slow it down, dollars to donuts." if you are still practicing, i welcome the opportunity to prove you wrong. i can't say they've made my life easier
"however, some docs have short arms, bad backs, etc. And it may be more ergonomic." very true, in fact a peer reviewed article reveals 56% of your colleagues are plagued with these problems. Some of whom are forced to discontinue practicing because of. very true, i could see shoulder injuries be more problematic than back, but i get it. Poor sitting posture is also a source of bad backs.
"but that ain't sexy enough to sell a $40,000 phoroptor, so instead it transports you to the 23rd century to have an eye exam with dr. Leonard mccoy." omg, lol, and all of that good stuff! This reminds me of a comment my employer made to a lab sales rep in early 1980's. The sales rep offered a "free fax machine," if we would send $x of business to that lab. My employer replied "a fax machine?, ah, thats a thing of the future, we would never use it but thank you." i scratched my head and tried to make sense of that comment. Never was i able to. P.s., that independent retail optical establishment closed its doors in the early 90's. Is there a lesson to be learned? (i think so, and i am happy to have learned it when i was a novice early 20 something y.o. Optician)
from my side of the phoropter, digital refractor::phoropter is not equal to calculator::abacus. I would say, digital refractor::phoropter as digital clock::analog clock. It doesn't measure time any more accurate, but is an updated technology.,,
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