orthoptist
Orthoptists diagnose and treat anomalies of binocular vision. They examine, assess and treat vision impairments, squint, amblyopia and eye motility disorders. Orthoptists apply these methods in particular in the fields of paediatrics, neurology, neuro-ophthalmology, ophthalmology, orthoptics, optometry, pleoptics and strabology assessing functional diseases of the eye for improving functional disorders of the visual system. They also provide counselling, preventive measures and training activities and may refract and prescribe glasses, such as prism corrective glasses.
Also called: specialist in orthoptics, specialist orthoptist, orthoptics expert, orthoptics practitioner, expert orthoptist, practitioner of orthoptics, qualified orthoptist, orthoptics specialist
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- essential skills
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- optional skills
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Essential skills
63- accept own accountability
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent
- advise patients on vision improvement conditions
- anaesthetics
- apply context specific clinical competences
- apply organisational techniques
- carry out orthoptic treatments
- communicate in healthcare
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- conduct specialised orthoptic tests
- contact lens fitting techniques
- contribute to continuity of health care
- deal with emergency care situations
- determine eye disease progression
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
- diagnose problems of the visual system
- educate on the prevention of illness
- empathise with the healthcare user
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- first aid
- follow clinical guidelines
- health care legislation
- health care occupation-specific ethics
- human anatomy
- human physiology
- hygiene in a health care setting
- inform policy makers on health-related challenges
- interact with healthcare users
- listen actively
- manage healthcare users' data
- medical informatics
- medical terminology
- neuro-ophthalmology
- neurology
- neurophysiology
- ophthalmological examination methods
- optics
- orthoptics
- paediatric psychology
- paediatrics
- pathology
- perform vision rehabilitation
- pharmacology
- professional documentation in health care
- promote inclusion
- promote ocular health
- provide health education
- provide therapy of the visual system
- provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health
- psychology
- receive patient referrals with eye conditions
- record healthcare users' progress related to treatment
- respond to changing situations in health care
- supervise orthoptic treatments
- test visual acuity
- treatment of strabismus
- types of strabismus
- undertake healthcare examination
- use e-health and mobile health technologies
- work in a multicultural environment in health care
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
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