Here are a few reasons why you can feel proud to be a medical professional who handles eyecare!

You instantly make patients feel better

Perhaps nothing (except pain relief) changes a patient’s outlook so drastically as suddenly being able to see. And while some vision problems need more than just corrective lenses to remedy, many need nothing more than a fresh pair of glasses. You’re the one who lets people see their child smile for the first time, land a job that requires fine detail work or enjoy their favorite books or movies.

You head off health problems before they start

Optometrists are like the canaries in the coal mine when it comes to diagnosing health problems. Many of them, like diabetes, don’t directly attack the eye – yet that’s where symptoms first start to show up. When you point these things out to patients, you give them the heads up to have those issues addressed pronto.

You’re going places, baby!

The outlook for optometry as a career is bright! In fact, it’s expected to grow by 27 percent from 2014 to 2024 — much faster than the average for other occupations.