Training That Grows Revenue, Without Taking More of Your Time
Your optical team drives the majority of your revenue but training them properly takes time you don’t have. OTI gives independent Optometrists a complete training solution that improves staff performance, reduces remakes, and protects your bottom line without pulling you away from patient care.
Support Every Stage of Your Team’s Career — While You Focus on Patients.
Hiring & Skills Assessments
Easily identify which candidates (or existing staff) are ready for patient care and who needs more development.
Onboarding
Deliver a consistent, efficient onboarding experience every time.
Optician Development Program (ODP)
ODP is a career-training program that prepares optical staff for ABO & NCLE certification and beyond.
Optician Simulator
Give your team a safe space to build technical skills on optical instruments before they’re face-to-face with patients.
Continuing Education
Give your certified team members unlimited access to ABO, NCLE, AOA, COPE & State approved courses.
Hire smarter and train faster
Pinpoint skill gaps before they impact performance
Evaluate core optical skill levels in advance to set clear expectations and avoid on-the-job surprises.
Reduce turnover with role-aligned hires
Match candidates to the right responsibilities from the beginning, minimizing early frustration and attrition.
Real data for personalized training
Based on assessment insights, we guide your staff into one of our training pathways mapped to those same skill areas so your staff builds the exact capabilities your practice needs.
Confident new hires, without constant oversight
Deliver structured onboarding for every hire
From day one, new staff enter the same guided training experience. That means fewer skill inconsistencies and less dependency on who’s available to train.
Minimize OD involvement in early-stage training
Launch online, structured, and self-paced onboarding with minimal operational disruption giving you back your time while still giving staff the structure they need to learn effectively.
Build skills that reduce early errors
Onboarding errors drain time and disrupt patient flow. Our program reduces costly mistakes and repetitive questions, so your team hits the floor better prepared.
Invest in staff training that drives certification—and boosts your bottom line.
Certify your team while building revenue-driving skills
Certified opticians generate an average of 46% more hourly sales than untrained peers. ODP provides the structure and support they need to earn ABO & NCLE credentials so your staff delivers better care and boosts your bottom line at the same time.
Reduce remakes, reworks, and disruptions
Practices using structured training programs like ODP see up to a 30% increase in dispensary revenue driven by improved consistency, fewer errors, and stronger team performance.
Save your time, not just your budget
Our Student Success Team tracks each learner, provides proactive check-ins, and 1:1 study sessions so your time can be spent focusing on patients.
Let your team build real-world skills without interrupting patient care
Hands-on practice in low stakes settings
This gives staff early exposure to optical instruments before they ever step onto the floor. Your staff can build technical precision using tools like the lensometer and pupilometer in a virtual, risk free environment.
Fewer costly errors, more confident decisions
Simulations mirror real patient interactions so your team builds the technical skills, clinical judgment and patient care instincts that reduce remakes and miscommunications.
Close the experience gap without slowing operations
Give new hires or under-trained staff a way to practice without taking your time or risking your revenue.
Unlimited CE access that keeps your team compliant, engaged, and revenue-ready.
Unlimited, Online and on-demand access to ABO, NCLE, COPE, AOA and State approved courses.
Juggling CE credits wastes valuable time
Give your team unlimited access to ABO, NCLE, COPE, AOA, and state-approved courses, available anytime and anywhere so you’re not scrambling to meet CE deadlines or tracking completions manually.
Support retention by investing in your team
Opticians who see a clear growth path are more likely to stay, helping you cut turnover, reduce hiring costs, and maintain continuity in care.
Elevate care and performance all year long
CEs aren’t just about compliance, they’re about better outcomes. Staff who stay engaged through continuing education sharpen their skills that lead to better patient outcomes and more sales in your dispensary.
Training Manager Share ODP’s Impact on Team
Explore how the Optical Development Program (ODP) has enhanced training for optical practices. This video features the training manager who shares her experience with ODP’s comprehensive training program and the positive impact it has had on her employees.
Our learners are employed at practices like yours
All-in-one training that protects and grows your optical revenue
From new hires to seasoned staff, OTI gives you one centralized solution for every stage of training so your
team gets better, faster, and your revenue keeps growing without adding more to your plate.
Stop losing time (and revenue) to undertrained staff. Let us show you how easy it is to build a lean,
high-performing optical team with OTI.