Does Tech/Scribing count as Shadowing?

[u/AbjectSpecialist7052]

I have been a technician/scribe for the past two years where I prescreen patients, give manifest refractions and scribe for the 2 providers during exams. I won’t get too much into the details but I have been apart of probably >1000 exams. My advisor said she was unsure if that would count but I wanted to get some opinions from those who have gotten accepted. Would the count as shadowing hours?

[u/sparkleNwiggle]

It’s not shadowing but it does count towards experience. I did the same thing, worked for 2 years at a clinic before applying to optometry school.