Definition of a Primary Care Optometrist

The primary care optometrist is a practitioner with ongoing responsibility for the total visual, ocular and related care of a population of patients. Primary care optometry is a focus of practice activity that emphasizes the development and maintenance of a high level of knowledge and clinical ability over the entire area of eye/vision care and associated areas of eye-related health care

Purpose of the Diplomate of the Primary Care Section Program

The purpose of the Diplomate of the Primary Care Section Program is to recognize that continually increasing competence is needed to practice as a Primary Care Optometrist. The Diplomate Program is a distinction achieved by doctors of optometry who strive through their Primary Care practice activities and through this program to attain a level of excellence in patient management beyond the regular American Academy of Optometry Fellowship program.