Optometry is a health care profession that involves examining the eyes and applicable visual systems for defects or abnormalities as well as prescribing the correction of refractive error with glasses or contact lenses and management and treatment of eye diseases.
Below are the Optometry Schools In Ghana
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
University of Cape Coast (UCC),
Ophthalmic Nursing School, Korle-Bu, Address: Slater Ave, Accra
PHERSONS HEALTH COLLEGE, Phone: 024 472 4716
GHANA OPTOMETRY ASSOCIATION, Address: POLICE DEPOT, Accra
Basic Sciences of School of Medicine and Dentistry-UG, Phone: 030 250 0381
Family Health University College, Phone: 020 518 0038
College Of Health Sciences Administration, Phone: 030 266 5103
University Of Health And Allied Sciences, Phone: 036 219 0942
How much are optometrists paid Ghana?
| Academic Clinician | 9,060 GHS |
|---|---|
| Ophthalmologist | 10,300 GHS |
| Optician | 8,310 GHS |
| Optometrist | 10,700 GHS |
| Oral Surgeon | 14,200 GHS |
What subjects are needed to become an optometrist?
Education & Training for an Optometrist
Prerequisite subjects, or assumed knowledge, in one or more of English, mathematics, chemistry, biology and physics are normally required. You may also be required to sit the Undergraduate Medicine and Health Sciences Admission Test (UMAT).
Is optometry a dying field?
For some optometrists, this decade will be their last in practice, one which they will not likely survive in their present form. … Optometrists will add nutrition services and expanded learning support. Optometry isn’t dying…it’s evolving. Now is the time to expand your thinking about the profession.