What are the Educational requirements to become an Optometrist?

Optometry - What are the educational requirements to become an Optometrist?

The education required to become an optometrist is very arduous. First, a bachelor's degree must be completed. Similar to medical school, optometry school does not require a specific type of degree. Instead, pre-requisite courses must be completed prior to application to optometry school.

Once accepted into optometry school, students spend four years studying Optometry. Following graduation from optometry school, individuals obtain a Doctor of Optometry degree which is abbreviated as O.D. Optometrists are indeed Doctors, but are NOT Doctors of Medicine or Doctors of Osteopathic medicine, commonly referred to as Medical Doctors.

This audio is based upon an informative Medical article found here: 

https://www.umhs-sk.org/blog/eye-doctor-optometrist-vs-ophthalmologist#OD_education

We would like to thank the author of this great article that has been made into an audio podcast, Dr Callie Torres. 

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