Orthoptists

<ul><li>Perform diagnostic tests or measurements, such as motor testing, visual acuity testing, lensometry, retinoscopy, and color vision testing.</li><li>Examine patients with problems related to ocular motility, binocular vision, amblyopia, or strabismus.</li><li>Provide instructions to patients or family members concerning diagnoses or treatment plans.</li><li>Provide nonsurgical interventions, including corrective lenses, patches, drops, fusion exercises, or stereograms, to treat conditions such as strabismus, heterophoria, and convergence insufficiency.</li><li>Evaluate, diagnose, or treat disorders of the visual system with an emphasis on binocular vision or abnormal eye movements.</li><li>Interpret clinical or diagnostic test results.</li><li>Develop or use special test and communication techniques to facilitate diagnosis and treatment of children or disabled patients.</li><li>Develop nonsurgical treatment plans for patients with conditions such as strabismus, nystagmus, and other visual disorders.</li><li>Provide training related to clinical methods or orthoptics to students, resident physicians, or other health professionals.</li><li>Refer patients to ophthalmic surgeons or other physicians.</li><li>Assist ophthalmologists in diagnostic ophthalmic procedures, such as ultrasonography, fundus photography, and tonometry.</li><li>Prepare diagnostic or treatment reports for other medical practitioners or therapists.</li><li>Collaborate with ophthalmologists, optometrists, or other specialists in the diagnosis, treatment, or management of conditions such as glaucoma, cataracts, and retinal diseases.</li><li>Participate in clinical research projects.</li><li>Perform vision screening of children in schools or community health centers.</li></ul>