Refraction is a very important pillar of ophthalmology. More than 40 percent cases of ophthalmology came to an ophthalmologist for various types of refractive errors. These errors in children have increased due to abuse of playing games on mobiles and i pads. I remember some time back this important part of ophthalmology that is called refraction was done by a qualified and a Sr ophthalmologist those days.
There was no autorefractor yet either pupils were dilated with mydriatric and refraction was done with a plane mirror then came streak retinoscope. It is true ophthalmology has advanced a lot and an ophthalmologist cant do everything. We have optometrist, who are they? Are qualified ophthalmic technicians who have to pass 3 years optometric examination in an ophthalmology dept of a medical college and they are supposed to assist an ophthalmologist in Refraction Visual fields FF…
