re: Are we sure optometrists should do eye surgery w/o going to medical school?

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i do appreciate the look, as i assume you'd know where to look in the literature much better than i would. if you find something i'll read it

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Yea I still couldn't find much.

But my overall point is simple: ophthos go though a certain level of training, not just in specific type of eye operations, but also general principles of surgery. These residents are directly observed, one-on-one for 80 hrs/week for 5 years doing a myriad of operations on a myriad of patients before they are ever allowed to do anything alone. One slip up and someones vision can be permanently lost. Do we really want to cut corners with this?