Answer 2

1.  What is your EQ?
How can an optometrist best use technology to improve eye care ?

2.  What is your first answer? (In complete thesis statement format)

My first answer to my essential question is  by using technology to view the internal structure of the eye.

3.  What is your second answer? (In complete thesis statement format)
My second answer to my essential question is by using technology to help those who have refractive errors.

4.  List three reasons your answer is true with a real-world application for each.

• Refractive errors are nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism, which are the most common eye complications.
• Glasses and prescriptions are needed for those with refractive errors, and most people who visit the optometrist go for glasses.
• In order to get glasses, optometrist must first get your prescription using technology tools .

5.  What printed source best supports your answer?

• Murphy, John. "New Technology: Good for Patients, Good for Business." Review of Optometry. 15 Aug. 2013. Web. 14 Jan. 2016. <http://www.reviewofoptometry.com/content/d/technology/c/42411/>.

6.  What other source supports your answer?

• "What Is A: Phoropter." EyeGlass Guide. EyeGlass Guide. Web. 21 Jan. 2016. <http://www.eyeglassguide.com/my-visit/vision-testing/phoropter.aspx>
• Chapman, Bill. "How We See." Coping with Vision Loss. 1st ed. Vol. 1. Alameda: Hunter House, 2001. 272. Print.(pg.35-42).

7.  Tie this together with a  concluding thought.

In conclusion my second answer to my essential question, “How can optometrist best use technology to improve eye care?”, is by using technology to help those with refractive errors, such as nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism. Many go to the optometrist in order to get glasses so this is relevant answer to my question.