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Orthoptist training - stand up for sick eyes

If you are interested in medical issues, have a special interest in the organ of sight, our eye, and would also like to further your education, then training as an orthoptist is the perfect choice for you. An orthoptist works closely with ophthalmologists. The orthoptist receives examination instructions from an ophthalmologist, for example, which they can carry out in a confident and solution-oriented manner. Are you interested in this challenging training at a higher technical college and would you like to deal with eye problems of all kinds in your everyday working life in the future?

As an orthoptist, your aim is to help people who have a visual disorder such as strabismus or problems with the eye muscle. After examining a patient, you will make a diagnosis and at the same time look for preventative or therapeutic measures. During the three-year federally recognized training course, you will not only be taught specialist skills. You will also be trained in social and personal skills. You will benefit from these skills in situations where you have to explain diagnoses to patients clearly and with a great deal of empathy.

Invest in your future with this training or further education and help many people with diseased eyes as an orthoptist. You can find offers from first-class providers and further information on the subject of ophthalmology and strabology on the Swiss education portal and directly from the relevant schools.

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A qualified orthoptist CHE deals with visual disorders, often in very young patients who suffer from poor eyesight or strabismus, for example. To make a diagnosis, the patient's eyes are examined on behalf of an ophthalmologist, therapies are initiated, monitored and supported, therapeutic measures are implemented and patients are sensitively informed.

A professional qualification is not absolutely necessary for admission to the College of Higher Education for Orthoptists CHE. In addition to an apprenticeship of at least three years with a Federal VET Diploma, persons with a Matura, FMS or DMS degree can also be admitted. For all of them, passing the aptitude test is a prerequisite for admission to the CHE program in orthoptics.

After completing your training in orthoptics, you are entitled to use the federally recognized title "Certified Orthoptist CHE".

It is not possible to start the CHE training course in orthoptics several times a year, but every two years at the ZAG.

Qualified orthoptists CHE work mainly for ophthalmologists in ophthalmology practices, in orthoptics departments of eye clinics, in rehabilitation clinics, neurological departments, at counseling centers for the visually impaired or at school medical services.

The ophthalmology training course, specializing in strabismus, to become a qualified orthoptist CHE lasts three years and is a full-time course.

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