Knowing About Optometry #Visual Care Providers

As far as the majority of people are concerned the optometrist is directly related to spectacles. It is not so wrong because we use lots of lenses in our line of work to correct lots of errors involved with the eye but we are not necessarily refractionists or spectacle dispenser only. The Optometric profession goes way beyond what we may assume it to be. So then the million dollar question would be, who are optometrists and what actually do they?

The Optometrist is primary care provider first and foremost before his specialty with the eye comes into play, our work autonomous from the other health fields, meaning we can stand on our own and still work effectively and efficiently as we would have if we work in collaboration with the other health sectors. We are regulated too, meaning there are laws and bylaws governing our every action from patient care to treatment plan whether it be medication or lens prescription, nothing goes unnoticed and scrutinized by the appropriate authority both local and international. So the work of the Optometrist is definitely not limited to lens dispensing and is definitely not limited to only the eye, for there are lots of systemic pathologies whose manifestations come with the eye such that knowledge of these are required for the appropriate diagnosis and right treatment plan regimes.

It there anything that you have been wondering about our work? Leave your comments down below and we would gladly tend to it.

What is @bettervision about?

@bettervision is is a project initiated by @nattybongo and friends to give back to the society the knowledge and skill acquired through the Optometric Studies in Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana.It is an outreach system where we visit the less privileged communities to offer free eye screening services and education to the people within the community

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
To reduce or prevent vision loss through diseases such as glaucoma, cataract and refractive errors.

To enlighten the majority of the Ghanaian population about the importance of proper visual care.

To conscientize people on the need for regular eye checks

To get more people to have their wards screened within the Critical periods of a Child’s Vision Development; thus from ages 3 to till about 10 years.

To help the blind and people with low vision live a better life within the society through education of the general public to stop stigmatization.

Our greatest gratitude goes to @fundition @surfyogi @girlsfoundation @bleepcoin @ackza and @wafrica for helping to make the aims and objectives of @bettervision a reality.

This is me @nattybongo reporting for @bettervision. Thanks for your time