Optometrist assistant vs medical assistant instructor

Differences between optometrist assistant and medical assistant instructor duties and responsibilities

Optometrist assistant example responsibilities.

• Adhere to OSHA guidelines while performing instrument sterilization in addition to managing medical inventory.
• Pretest patients on NCT, OCT, refractomotor, visual field machine, and retinal camera.
• Check in and work up patients for eye exam, assist optometrist with retinal photos, glaucoma testing and basic refraction.
• Perform require pretests for the Dr's.
• Perform OCT scan of optic nerve, macula, and fundus photo.
• Clean and maintain equipment and instruments in the optometric area, pre-test room, and restock inventories.
Show more

Medical assistant instructor example responsibilities.

• Manage two full classes of 30+ students each and ensure all comply with OSHA and the schools' standards and guidelines.
• Utilize nursing process and critical thinking skill and manage flight medic activities in combat deployment environment.
• Prepare students to sit for the national CPC exam through AAPC.
• Facilitate anatomy and physiology courses.
• Prepare procedure papers, perform routine laboratory procedures such as urinalysis, and assist physician with procedure set ups.
• Teach multiple classes each semester of CPT-4, ICD-10-CM/PCS, and HCPCS coding.
Show more