Can Blind People Go to Medical School?

[tennisgal99]

Do medical schools accept blind people?

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[dArroway]

Do medical schools accept blind people?

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[Cegar]

This is a very circumstantial type of thing.

It will vary by medical school and applicant.

So, maybe.

In general, medical schools to not accept applicants who would be physically prevented from performing the major duties of a physician. But there can be exceptions.

 

[BlackSails]

Do medical schools accept blind people?

I would say no, because I really cant think of any field of medicine that doesnt involve looking at something, whether it be a patient, an x-ray, a slide, etc.

 

[greg1184]

Yes. Most go into surgery.

 

[87138]

Yes. Most go into surgery.

Ophthalmology, to be exact.

 

[ChubbyChaser]

Do medical schools accept blind people?

whats your obsession with asking these pointless questions?

 

[DrZeke]

Do medical schools accept blind people?

I'm blind and Jewish. I think it's a conspiracy.

 

[frikarika]

Do medical schools accept blind people?

Yes, most of them are jewish however.


EDIT (dr.zeke beat me to it)

 

[dArroway]

whats your obsession with asking these pointless questions?

maybe, troll?

 

[deleted74029]

maybe, troll?

Psychiatry maybe? But even thats a stretch....

 

[Depakote]

closing.