Would you like a career helping people protect their eyesight and see as clearly as they can? You might consider becoming an optician, an optometrist, or an ophthalmologist. Many people think all three professionals are considered types of eye doctors, but only ophthalmologists are medical doctors. All three, however—opticians, optometrists, and ophthalmologists—play important roles in providing eye care.Ophthalmologist vs. Optometrist vs. OpticianOpticians are technicians who fit eyeglasses, contact lenses, and other vision-correcting devices.