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What is your favorite thing about being an optometrist How would you say you spend a majority of your days? What are some of the coolest eye conditions you've seen and were they hard to diagnose? Thank you!?

Also, are there any classes I should take, now in high school, as a junior? And do you see this career changing at all with AI?

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My favorite thing about being an optometrist is the relationships I build with my patients - an optometrist has a clear impact on a patient's life. The majority of my work day is spent with patient care. I would say I spent 85% of my day with patients and 15% of the day working on the computer doing charts/responding to messages/ordering medications and treatments/attending staff meetings.

The number of cool things I have seen over the years are too many to list - you never know what you are going to get each work day. Don't worry about things that are hard to diagnose. You will learn lots in school and you always have colleagues and other doctors you can refer patients to when you aren't sure.

In high school, take as many science classes as you can. Keep working hard in math too. Develop good study skills and people skills (volunteering, working).

Optometry and eye care are using AI in limited ways currently. For example, AI scribes are now being used. AI will create your exam note by "listening" in on the exam and your discussion with the patient. AI is also starting to be used to analyze retinal images for disease. Its hard to predict how AI will ultimately change optometry, but I think it is still a solid career to consider for the future.
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