Difference:
1, the curriculum is different:
Ophthalmology four-year is a science degree, the main courses are advanced mathematics, college English, ophthalmology, ophthalmic pathology, applied optics, opticianry, binocular vision and a series of ophthalmology courses, as well as anatomy, physiology, pathology, a class of medical courses, do not learn internal medicine, surgery, gynecology, pediatrics, and diagnostics. Diagnostics, can not take the physician's license. Optometry five-year medical degree, internal medicine, surgery, gynecology, pediatrics and diagnostics, other courses and the four-year system should be similar, you can take the physician's license.
2, the academic year is different:
As for ophthalmology, if as a specialty, the five-year undergraduate clinical medicine will not be divided into such a fine, at least at the graduate level, or the master's degree and the master's degree will be. Will not learn those optical courses, mainly for the basic medical disciplines, ophthalmology and ophthalmopathology.
3, the technical level is different:
But optometry is embodied in the theoretical level, while optometry technology is embodied in the application of technical level. Optometry and ophthalmic optics technology courses are similar, but a four-year science degree is a five-year, five-year only difference is that you can take the license to practice medicine. The only difference between the two is that you can get a license to practice medicine. There is not much difference between the two in terms of development prospects and employment direction.
Expanded:
Mainly cultivates senior technical personnel in the optometry industry, i.e., optometric medical technicians who have specialized theoretical knowledge of optometry and ophthalmology fundamentals, as well as mastery of eye testing, dispensing, refractive error correction and visual training.
Through the study, the students will have due scientific and cultural literacy; master the necessary vocational basic knowledge and vocational and technical knowledge of the profession; skillful use of a variety of ophthalmology, optometry, mastering the standardized optometry technology; optometry health care knowledge and skills and a certain amount of vision health care products and eyeglasses, marketing, management capabilities, and have a certain degree of English foundation, with the help of a thesaurus Read English books in this specialty.
Major Courses:
Medical Physics, Applied Optics, Human Anatomy (including histo-embryology), Physiology, Pathogenic Biology, Pathology (including Pathological Anatomy and Pathophysiology), Diagnostics, Pharmacology, Fundamentals of Ophthalmology, Fundamentals of Optometry, Internal Medicine, Surgery, Clinical Ophthalmology, Fundamentals of Ophthalmology, Fundamentals of Optometry, Fundamentals of Ophthalmic Applied Optometry, Optometry, Optical Technology, Corneal Contact Lens, Optical Care Products and Marketing Management. Optometry, spectacle technology, corneal contact lens technology, strabismus and amblyopia correction and training technology, optometry special examination technology.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia - Ophthalmology