are colour vision deficient students eligible to apply for med (1 Viewer)

[onnie]

hey,

i'm a student from fort street and applying for medicine in UNSW. i am colour blind ( colour vision deficient). not black and white colour blind...but i cant distinguish some shades of red, green and purple. i just want to ask whether i am still eligible to apply for medicine.

thanx

 

[shafqat]

I don't think you'll have any problem, but you can go the faculty's website and check out the fitness to practice policy. I think it says to contact the student affairs co-ordinator.

http://students.med.unsw.edu.au/students.nsf/website/policies

 

[+Po1ntDeXt3r+]

i think u can...
but ure limited to certain fields and ud still need to be assessed by faculty...

and counselled

 

[Lexicographer]

Hmm I wonder if you're one of the people who went to my talk last week?

Anyway, you are certainly still eligible to apply. You would certainly need to contact the faculty about it though, as this impairment would impose some limitations on your practice of medicine (as Alvin said, it would preclude you from some fields but not others).

 

[breaking]

OGM hi robert!

 

[hipsta_jess]

Hmm I wonder if you're one of the people who went to my talk last week?

Anyway, you are certainly still eligible to apply. You would certainly need to contact the faculty about it though, as this impairment would impose some limitations on your practice of medicine (as Alvin said, it would preclude you from some fields but not others).

I'm just curious, what kinda specialties would you be precluded from with colour blindness?

 

[Lexicographer]

Hmm I honestly can't say I know. Obviously things like pathology (where the ability to distinguish subtle differences in histological tests is crucial) but perhaps other less obvious fields. Every day the field becomes more and more complex, and yet at the same time we develop new techniques to make practice both easier and more accessible (in the same way that people are finding ways to help hearing impaired people find work).

 

[onnie]

yeah..i did...i forgot to ask that time....oh yeah...how would i apply for dentistry...erm...i'm just seeing what other options there are to do in uni...

how would i contact the faculty.....or can i just state in the form that i am colour blind.....

 

[Lexicographer]

yeah..i did...i forgot to ask that time....oh yeah...how would i apply for dentistry...erm...i'm just seeing what other options there are to do in uni...

how would i contact the faculty.....or can i just state in the form that i am colour blind.....

For UNSW? Just write it on the form in the part that asks for anything that you know of which may impair your ability to practice. Remember, it doesn't necessarily mean that what you write WILL cause problems, just that they MIGHT. When they see that they will contact you (assuming you receive an interview etc) and talk to you about it.

 

[0o0]

is anyone else colour vision deficient? you might be be very slightly affected that you dont know it

go here to find out if you have any colour vision deficiency

http://www.liquidgeneration.com/sabotage/vision_sabotage.asp

 

[Bob.J]

wow, then some arteries you see will appear green or something

 

[+Po1ntDeXt3r+]

ummm some of the lab testin tubes might get u confused lolz.. but i dun remember any green/red ones..

god it sucks being male some days...

 

[hipsta_jess]

god it sucks being male some days...

Try being a girl for a day, then you'll know what its like to have a sucky life!

 

[+Po1ntDeXt3r+]

i was thinkin haemophilia...
yes ok.. but how do u kno a males life is easier?

 

[hipsta_jess]

Do you have to put up with violent mood swings every month? Do you have to put up with abdominal cramps every month? Do you need to put up with playing a constant social game of bitching and backstabbing?

 

[+Po1ntDeXt3r+]

technically the 1st 2 things are the consequence of the same thing..
and its not limited to just tat.. so no i cant feel lik u..

unless i was bipolar and had gastro.. true its a fair assumption..

i guess men just put up with the whole society's expectation to be masculine... lacking empathy and not having any problems at all..
actualli pump enough testosterone in ureself and ull feel violent edgy and quite angry.. no as much fun as it seems

 

[Lexicographer]

If this thread turns into a males vs females who has the harder life debate I will lock it, delete the posts and negrep every one of you.

Take it to L+R where it belongs.

 

[breaking]

hi robert!!!

 

[+Po1ntDeXt3r+]

yes sir!..
its ok.. i kno women hav their stuff and men their own..
they are unique and unquantifiable

i was shitty tat day

 

[Lexicographer]

hi robert!!!

Hi Matt

As for the edgy and violent... that's my equilibrium.