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Opticianry is defined by how well the eyewear makes contact with the patient.
Eyewear consumers need and deserve the following:
Optician-assisted, in-depth lifestyle interview;
Optician-assisted, design and selection;
Handcrafted, form-fitting eyewear;
Free lifetime adjustments and
minor repair services, none of
which are available online.
OpticalGuidelines.com

The most perfect ophthalmic Rx can be
compromised if the eyewear does not
provide comfort and long-term wear-ability.

There is no right or wrong way to dispense
eyewear. There is only the Patient's way. Take
as much time as you need to fit their eyewear.

Patients deserve a pleasant experience.
Patients deserve as much time as they need.
Patients deserve custom fitted prescription eyewear.

It's time to end lecture-only training for education hours.
It's time for Opticians to get real, hands on patient training
in order to 'humaneyes' the dispensing of prescription eyewear.
thereby reducing outsourcing of the Rx to Web-based providers.

Just as a Dentist or Hairstylist cannot practice without direct contact, the
Optician cannot dispense eyewear without tactile contact with the Patient.
An unskilled eyeglass merchant routinely hands over prescription glasses
with no hands-on assessment, nor the appropriate ‘touch and feel’ required
to custom fit the eyewear. Hands-on-the-Patient Opticians however, determine
for themselves by sense of touch how the frame feels in lieu of asking the Patient.