The task of auxiliary personnel in eye care differs considerably from country to country. To illustrate an over all picture of eye care in Japan may help understanding the inter-relationship of different auxiliary personnels and useful for international comparison as a pertient reference. Auxiliary per-sonnel assisting in ophthalmic practice includes orthoptist, ophthalmic medical assistant, ophthalmic nurse and optician or optometrist.
Orthoptist and ophthalmic medical assistant have recently been introduced to the ophthalmic practice in Japan, and for this reason described in some detail.
Optician and optometrist in relation to ophthalmologist have become an important and popular topic among the people concerned. Some of the prob-lems involved were briefly discussed.
Health care of the eye and screening of eye diseases in different com-munities were described. The job of personnel engaged in rehabilitation of the visually handicapped, and auxiliary personnel working in emergency situa-tion were also stated.
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