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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 7:04 pm to onmymedicalgrind
Posted on 5/15/14 at 7:04 pm to onmymedicalgrind
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One slip up and someones vision can be permanently lost. Do we really want to cut corners with this?
i do understand that the magnitude of the potential damage is huge for sure, and it would be stupid to ignore that fact. and obviously, i'd expect an optometrist to be more likely to make such a mistake (although the number of such mistakes by ophthalmologists is also likely to be nonzero, btw). i'd expect such mistakes to be vanishingly small for both.
my point is just that the real-world increase in probability of such a slip up may be extremely small, and that the severity & probability of the damage must be weighed against the potential savings, imo
This post was edited on 5/15/14 at 7:07 pm
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Posted on 5/15/14 at 7:13 pm to 90proofprofessional
quote:You really need to just STOP!
probability of such a slip up may be extremely small
STOP!
STOP!
Take a breath.
Read a bit about WTF the differentials in training of ophthalmologists and optometrists are.
START there!
Because, I've tried to be fair in this thread, but for those of us who are aware of the differences, your reticence to even take the time to reference it, is beyond insulting.
Posted on 5/15/14 at 7:19 pm to 90proofprofessional
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i'd expect such mistakes to be vanishingly small for both.
Why? What are you basing this on? I know not real data since there is none (that I could find at least). But why would you expect that a person who has not been specifically trained in eye surgeries, or surgical techniques in general, has a "vanishingly small" complication rate? You already correctly acknowledged that ophthos have a non-zero rate, and thats after intensive training for years. Yet optometrists would have a similar rate despite not being trained for this? I'm perplexed by your reasoning.
This post was edited on 5/15/14 at 7:20 pm
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