Hey Interns ! You just finished 3 years of theory with some practicals. Tried to find opportunities at the best hospital for your optometry internship. So now you are rolling around in an observation period or trying to understand how an eye hospital runs an OPD and IPD and what the role of an optometrist is... And what to do, and from where to start your learning. Most of the eye hospitals, starts with very basics which include AR, NCT and Clinical History taking. Few hospitals run 1 month training period at there training centre wherever the facility available they will keep you in induction period or where you dont directly interact with patients. So you should start your learnings or training from very first day of observation. Like They Have Put you at Auto refractometer . Here you can learn some points which I'm putting down in points below - 1. Mostly there will be two circles like mires on the AR when you're doing the AR. Which says a lot about status of cornea itsel...
Every morning at 8:30 AM, I join thousands of fellow Delhiites on the Yellow Line platform. As the train glides in and the doors slide open, there’s a familiar dance: step in, find a spot (if you’re lucky), and pull out the smartphone . By the time we hit the next station, almost every single head in the coach is tilted at a 45-degree angle. Bright screens light up tired faces as people scroll through reels, reply to emails, or stream videos. As an optometrist , I can’t help but look at this scene through a slightly different lens. What looks like a harmless commute is actually a high-intensity workout for your eyes —one that’s quietly causing a wave of eye fatigue, dryness, and strain across the city. Here is what is actually happening to your eyes during that 45-minute head-down ride, and how you can protect your vision without giving up your favorite transit pastime. The Hidden Science of the " Metro Scroll " Reading on a train isn't like reading at your desk. The mome...