Orthoptist

accept own accountability adhere to organisational guidelines advise on healthcare users' informed consent advise patients on vision improvement conditions apply context specific clinical competences apply organisational techniques carry out orthoptic treatments communicate in healthcare comply with legislation related to health care comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice conduct specialised orthoptic tests contribute to continuity of health care deal with emergency care situations determine eye disease progression develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship diagnose problems of the visual system educate on the prevention of illness empathise with the healthcare user ensure safety of healthcare users follow clinical guidelines inform policy makers on health-related challenges interact with healthcare users listen actively manage healthcare users' data perform vision rehabilitation promote inclusion promote ocular health provide health education provide therapy of the visual system provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health receive patient referrals with eye conditions record healthcare users' progress related to treatment respond to changing situations in health care supervise orthoptic treatments test visual acuity undertake healthcare examination use e-health and mobile health technologies work in a multicultural environment in health care work in multidisciplinary health teams

anaesthetics contact lens fitting techniques first aid health care legislation health care occupation-specific ethics human anatomy human physiology hygiene in a health care setting medical informatics medical terminology neuro-ophthalmology neurology neurophysiology ophthalmological examination methods optics orthoptics paediatric psychology paediatrics pathology pharmacology professional documentation in health care psychology treatment of strabismus types of strabismus

participate in medical inventory control prescribe corrective lenses record healthcare users' billing information select intraocular lenses for surgery use foreign languages for health-related research use foreign languages in patient care pedagogy

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