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Anyone in medical school or pre med? (self.Blind)
submitted by cassialexus97
Hi I am looking for fellow blind people who are in the medical field or studying to befriend and possibly find a mentor or some connections!
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sadruleanblue 2 points 2y ago
Hi there I'm in med school now! I'm not fully blind yet but have rapidly progressing glaucoma and vision loss. Do PM me, would love to get to know a fellow med person with vision loss
Namrakk 2 points 2y ago
Not fully blind (legally blind though). I’m non-trad and applied this cycle
cassialexus97 [OP] 2 points 2y ago
Omg nice that’s amazing I hope you get accepted!💖
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igloolafayette 2 points 2y ago
My SIL was going that route. She ultimately decided on clinical psych PhD. Where are you in your academic career?
cassialexus97 [OP] 2 points 2y ago
Oh nice!!!! When did she graduate? I’m in my 3rd undergrad!
igloolafayette 1 points 2y ago
A year ago she finished her pre-med/science requirements (having had a previous bachelor’s in an unrelated field). She’s starting with a master’s first this fall in order to hopefully strike up an academic relationship with the professor in that school who she wants as her advisor for her doctorate.
igloolafayette 1 points 2y ago
It’s great that you’re reaching out to people, by the way. It’s an excellent way to make connections!
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Namrakk 1 points 2y ago
There are a small number of fully blind doctors in practice, but my understanding is most were trained while they still had vision (although not exclusively so). Med schools maintain technical standards requirements you can access via request, but the functional requirements are usually pretty vague. My understanding is this gives sizable discretion to administrators to deny matriculation based on a very subjective interpretation of these standards
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