Medical student needing use of service dog?

[captmicha]

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Would this just be impossible? Even if the service dog is kept at a distance from patients and out of sterile environments? It seems a shame that disabled people would be unable to be a doctor just because they require the use of a service dog. I mean higher functioning disabled, such a person who would be able to perform their job with their service dog at a distance. Such as a psychiatric service dog handler.

I've never heard of such a thing but I was watching Trauma Life In The ER on Discovery Health and an ER doctor was keeping a small dog in a room at the hospital, the dog could very well have been an emotional support or service dog. Also, you get patients who bring service dogs into the hospital and to doctor's appointments and even in exam rooms. According to the ADA, service dogs aren't allowed in sterile environments, like operating rooms, but other than that, I don't really see such a problem. I imagine it would be even easier after residency and if you work in a private practice as long as you keep the dog out of the exam rooms. Of course, this probably wouldn't work well if you plan on going into allergy medicine.

Thoughts?

This is the only thing I could come up with relevant to this but I'm not considering going to this school. http://geiselmed.dartmouth.edu/admin/learnserv/sa.shtml

 

[pre med 2014]

there is a blind student at UW Madison School of Medicine who uses a service dog so it is allowed.

EDIT: you should google it, I am not sure if he actually uses a dog I read the article a while ago.

 

[dmf2682]

More to the point is depending on what requires you to have a service dog. Schools have what are called technical requirements, essentially physical standards. Check them out and make sure you meet them before applying.