What is the development prospect of optometrists in China?

Personally, I think optometrists have a lot of room for development, mainly depending on personal ability and technology. Growing up wearing countless pairs of glasses, I deeply realized how difficult it is to find a reliable optometrist in China and have an accurate optometry.

Many people's impression of optometrists is still at the stage of measuring your vision and astigmatism with computer instruments. But in fact, a good optometrist not only knows computer optometry, but also uses various optical instruments for medical optometry. This requires not only basic ophthalmology knowledge, but also professional optics knowledge, in order to accurately measure the degree and correct it. Recently, I met a senior who graduated from Tsinghua University majoring in optometry. He runs a shop on campus, which is in charge of students' eyesight examination. When looking for him for optometry, it takes more than 1 hour to get the result with a comprehensive optometry instrument. This kind of patient and responsible technical optometrist is always scarce in our society.

At present, there are two most common outlets for optometrists: going to the hospital and going to the optical shop. The hospital recruits optometrists, mainly depending on academic qualifications. After all, as a regular medical institution, the professional requirements for employees are very high, and the bachelor degree or above is the lowest. Many eye hospitals and top three hospitals have higher requirements for the qualification of optometrists. The recruitment of optical shops pays more attention to experience and ability. If you have rich experience and hold an optometrist certificate, you will receive good treatment in all large glasses. In recent years, people pay more and more attention to optometry, and many optical shops have begun to charge optometry. If you have enough experience and ability, optometrists can also choose to go it alone, operate independently and be responsible for their own profits and losses.

The proportion of myopia in China is rising, and the optometry market is also expanding. As long as you can be refined, specialized and have enough skills and abilities, there will be no room for improvement and opportunities for development.