Ophthalmic skills include:

• Obtaining and documenting patient history
• Determining visual acuity
• Performing automated refraction
• Administering eye drops, ointments, and irrigating solutions to the eye as ordered by the physician
• Performing office duties and clinical tasks - entering data into EMR
• Providing patient services
• Measurement of intraocular pressure (tonometry)
• Pre-operative preparation of the patient
• Maintaining equipment and instruments