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The current situation and the legal environment in Lithuania dictate other requirements for an optometrist, not as a specialist in the physical sciences, but as a representative of the personal health care system, with the competences delegated to him/her in personal health care. Today, a degree in physics is no longer sufficient to qualify as an optometrist, so from 2021, Vilnius University Faculty of Medicine will launch a new programme, the only one of its kind in Lithuania, to train optometrists with a biomedical background. Optometrists with more clinical knowledge in their practice provide primary eye and vision care and, in case of doubt, refer patients for ophthalmologist consultation, medication or surgery. Such cooperation between eye health professionals can promptly and effectively prevent many eye diseases by detecting them at an early stage, prescribing the necessary treatment in time and keeping our society's members fit and active for longer.