How to be a good practitioner

1. Mohammad Sazzad Hossen
B. Optom, M. Optom (India)
Trained from Sankara Netralaya,
LVPEI, IIEIH, ICO
Consultant Optometrist & HOD Optom
Ad-din Medical College Hospital, Dhaka

2. Mission
 To provide a possible comfortable
binocular vision by estimating and
prescribing the appropriate glasses
through compassionate and care at
prompt time.

3. Our primary role
 Estimate and achieve
the best correction to
solve their refractive
problems.
 Help the ophthalmologist
in the management of
vision care.

4. Supportive role
 Delegate and Assign work
 Reporting to superiors
 Assist in training the junior nurses.
 Future planning.

5. How to become a successful
practitioner?
 Listen carefully first what patient trying to say.
 Understand what he/she really expects.
 Determine and counsel the patient which will
be appropriate.
 Make sure that whether we have fulfilled their
expectation.

6. Secrets of successful practice
 Good communication skills.
 Be upfront
 Be creative.
 Be personal
 Be caring.
 Be prepared.
 Solicit patient feedback.
 Be human.
 Be fair in all matters.

7. Tips to keep in mind…
 Avoid keep patients waiting for longtime
unnecessarily.
 Make patients feel important.
 Arrange comfortable space and environment.
 Respect the patient’s right to privacy.
 Neat dressings.
 Pay attention to detail.

8. Personal qualities
 Smartness in subjects.
 Skilled in clinical
practice.
 Good communication
skills.
 Decent approach.
 Neatness.
 Attitude.

9. THANK YOU
FOR YOUR ATTENTION