From dietetic technician to orthoptist
15 of the 63 essential skills of a orthoptist are already essential for a dietetic technician — about 24% of the job, before you learn anything new.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 15
- skills carry over
- 48
- would be new
- 24%
- of the target job covered
- 63
- essential skills of a orthoptist
What a orthoptist does
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.
What carries over
15 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- communicate in healthcare
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- empathise with the healthcare user
- follow clinical guidelines
- health care legislation
- human anatomy
- hygiene in a health care setting
- interact with healthcare users
- medical informatics
- professional documentation in health care
- use e-health and mobile health technologies
- work in a multicultural environment in health care
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
What would be new
48 skillsEssential for a orthoptist and not for a dietetic technician. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- accept own accountability
- 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
- 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
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- first aid
- health care occupation-specific ethics
- human physiology
- inform policy makers on health-related challenges
- listen actively
- manage healthcare users' data
- medical terminology
- neuro-ophthalmology
- neurology
- neurophysiology
- ophthalmological examination methods
- optics
- orthoptics
- paediatric psychology
- paediatrics
- pathology
- perform vision rehabilitation
- pharmacology
- promote inclusion
- promote ocular health
- provide health education
- provide therapy of the visual system
- provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health
- psychology
and 8 more
Other moves from dietetic technician
2 roles- dietitian23 skills in common
- speech and language therapist15 skills in common
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How far are you from being a orthoptist?
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