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re: Are we sure optometrists should do eye surgery w/o going to medical school?
Posted on 5/15/14 at 6:21 pm to 90proofprofessional
Posted on 5/15/14 at 6:21 pm to 90proofprofessional
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no. but i'm having doubt about who gets to determine what's adequate, and if it truly is in some cases, like this one.
Well what do you know, specifically, about the difference in what it takes to become an optometrist and what it takes to become an ophthalmologist and why one can do surgeries and why the other, currently, can not? This is key here.
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i thought i read in here that a few states had done the same thing?
Well I am a strong supporter of evidence based medicine. If theres data out there, I'd love to take a look at it. I'll go do some pubmeding in a bit.
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Posted on 5/15/14 at 6:29 pm to onmymedicalgrind
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Well what do you know, specifically, about the difference in what it takes to become an optometrist and what it takes to become an ophthalmologist and why one can do surgeries and why the other, currently, can not? This is key here.
not much more than your typical dude. i did have lasik, and i paid out of pocket. so i went mega-premium, and that was my choice. more options would have been nothing but welcome for me.
why is knowing all the specifics of their training key though?
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I'll go do some pubmeding in a bit.
real life outcome data might in fact prove me naive about this, admittedly, and i haven't even searched for it. i just really feel like i'm seeing rent-seekers rent-seeking here
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