Will AI Replace Ophthalmic Medical Technicians?

Take and document patients' medical histories.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Conduct tonometry or tonography tests to measure intraocular pressure.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Operate ophthalmic equipment, such as autorefractors, phoropters, tomographs, or retinoscopes.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Take anatomical or functional ocular measurements of the eye or surrounding tissue, such as axial length measurements.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Measure visual acuity, including near, distance, pinhole, or dynamic visual acuity, using appropriate tests.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Measure and record lens power, using lensometers.

Routine cognitive or manual task with high vulnerability to automation.

Administer topical ophthalmic or oral medications.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Conduct visual field tests to measure field of vision.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Assist physicians in performing ophthalmic procedures, including surgery.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Measure corneal curvature with keratometers or ophthalmometers to aid in the diagnosis of conditions, such as astigmatism.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Conduct ocular motility tests to measure function of eye muscles.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Clean or sterilize ophthalmic or surgical instruments.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Maintain ophthalmic instruments or equipment.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Instruct patients in the care and use of contact lenses.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Assess refractive conditions of eyes, using retinoscopes.

Semi-structured cognitive task involving analysis, inspection, or monitoring.

Call patients to inquire about their post-operative status or recovery.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Assist patients to insert or remove contact lenses.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Conduct binocular disparity tests to assess depth perception.

Semi-structured cognitive task involving analysis, inspection, or monitoring.

Adjust or make minor repairs to spectacles or eyeglasses.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Assist patients to select eyewear.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.