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Originally Posted by Doctordestiny
I know there is a member here who is one of these. I thought that ophthalmologists were medical doctors and optometrists were not. Is this correct? It appears to me from the following that I found that ophthalmologists get their designation from a school in their field and therefore are not realy doctors (no medical training). This reminds me of chiropractors who get their designation from a chiropractic school and call themselves doctors when they really are not.
My question is: Are optometrists actually doctors? Should we call them doctors? What about chiropractors?
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I think you misquoted yourself
Hesla I think is CP's resident eye expert so he should be able to give you the best answer
The article you posted is correct. What I do know working at Health is that both Optometeists and Chiropractors are registered health professionals, with their own colleges. Their degree granting colleges give them the title of doctors when they graduate, just like you would call Dr. Smith if they were a Dentist, Chiropractor, Audiologist..etc
Opthalmologists get their training in their speciailization after their 4 year medical school training and so they have the Doctor MD designation (along with the other designations after MD reflecting their practice/specializations.