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I would be interested in seeing people taking up comprehensive ocular examinations in their clinics and pursuing optometric specialities rather than just refractions. Equipment: I would say this would amount to 20% in my ratings. Anyone can buy equipment but not put to good use. Expertise: This would get around 30%. I Would like to give more emphasis to speciality training. Experience: This is the most important one for me and it deserves 50%. Nothing beats great experience. ADITYA GOYAL Equipment: I do feel that equipment matters, but even though someone may not have very sophisticated machines in their set-up, simple instruments if used skilfully can give amazing results. Expertise: It all depends on the expertise based on how much one understands the procedure and the number of times they have used it. Experience: My rating would be very much based on experience on foot-fall in one’s clinic and number of patients handled over the years. In my opinion, experience is the sum total of learning by doing. So just counting numbers in terms of years is not enough. A person who has refracted and dispensed thousands of patients in one year is definitely going to get advantage over a person who has 5 years of experience but lesser practical exposure. I would be looking forward to the participants being very skilful in taking on tasks which start from welcoming and preparing patients, explaining treatment and updating patient records. Their experience will be judged by the difficulty level of the patients they have handled. AMIT SHINDE 31 VISION PLUS INDIA EDITION