can you be color blind?

[msimonsen]

My question is simple, can you be a color blind medical doctor? I want to try my hand in everything, surgery, internal med, etc... I just want to know if being color blind is a disqualification in any way.

 

[Mobius1985]

If the technical standards of the medical school don't mention it, then don't worry. Here are some past threads I found with the Search function that addressed the issue in pre-allopathic forum:

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=513175&highlight=colorblind

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=327489&highlight=colorblind

 

[Rzarecta]

My question is simple, can you be a color blind medical doctor? I want to try my hand in everything, surgery, internal med, etc... I just want to know if being color blind is a disqualification in any way.

I have no less than 3 classmates who are red-green colorblind. So, the answer is yes.

 

[ar2388]

i dont think you will encounter much green in the human body so red/green is not a big deal i think.

what kind of colorblindness do you have?

 

[fizzle]

I was just thinking...red/green color-blindedness would suck if you were a biologist, since so many procedures involving fluorescence depend on the colors red and green

 

[Rzarecta]

i dont think you will encounter much green in the human body so red/green is not a big deal i think.

what kind of colorblindness do you have?

Was just assuming OP has a more common "color blindness" vs extremely rare variants (total color blindness, etc).

Also, wait until you see the gallbladder

 

[dw2158]

My question is simple, can you be a color blind medical doctor? I want to try my hand in everything, surgery, internal med, etc... I just want to know if being color blind is a disqualification in any way.

Am I the only one who thought, based on the title of the thread, that this would be a discussion about URMs and adcoms? (I know, I'm horrible)