Most strategists should excel at:

• Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.
• Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
• Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
• Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.

Mediators should be capable of:

• Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients.
• Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
• Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.
• Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others.

• Providing ophthalmic consultation to other medical professionals.
• Referring patients for more specialized treatments when conditions exceed the experience, expertise, or scope of practice of practitioner.
• Instructing interns, residents, or others in ophthalmologic procedures and techniques.
• Developing or implementing plans and procedures for ophthalmologic services.
• Educating patients about maintenance and promotion of healthy vision.
• Conducting clinical or laboratory based researching in ophthalmology.
• Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams of health professionals for providing optimal patient caring.
• Providing or directing the provision of postoperative caring.
• Documenting or evaluating patients’ medical histories.
• Prescribing corrective lenses such as glasses or contact-lenses.
• Prescribing or administering topical or systemic medications for treating ophthalmic conditions and to managing pain.
• Performing, order, or interpreting the results of diagnostic or clinical tests.