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Reply 1
In theory no.

However, I'd hesitate about letting is dyspraxic play around with the small, sharp, pointy things (which is something entirely unavoidable in medicine).

The tutors cannot look upon you negatively, but lots of other people will.
Reply 2
Equal oppurtunities and all that, and there are branches of medicine that don't require you to work with small pointy things all the time.
Reply 3
Ducki
Equal oppurtunities and all that, and there are branches of medicine that don't require you to work with small pointy things all the time.
There are no branches of medicine that do not require you to have fine motor dexterity.
Reply 4
It shouldn't affect your application.
Reply 5
Renal
There are no branches of medicine that do not require you to have fine motor dexterity.


Oh dear, sorry Renal, didn't recognise you with your new avatar... :ninja:
Reply 6
neebo
It shouldn't affect your application.
Just everything after that.
Reply 7
Renal
There are no branches of medicine that do not require you to have fine motor dexterity.


I'm not claiming I'm right, just simply curious - what about psychiatrists?
Reply 8
Having a disability, including dyspraxia, shouldn't affect your application. Not in theory (DDA and discrimination legislation and all that).

However, you do need to think carefully and realistically. How severely affected are you? You still require fine motor skills and competence when it comes to practicing.

So your parents don't want you seek a diagnosis and receive support for something just because it may affect your medicine applications?
Reply 9
AWZC
I'm not claiming I'm right, just simply curious - what about psychiatrists?
Have to do three years of clinical medicine and subsequently two years of general medical / surgical rotations. After specialising as a psychiatrist you would still be doing blood tests on many of your patients in order to monitor drug levels.
Reply 10
Renal
Have to do three years of clinical medicine and subsequently two years of general medical / surgical rotations. After specialising as a psychiatrist you would still be doing blood tests on many of your patients in order to monitor drug levels.


Yeah I knew about the training years (it would have been slightly hard to go through interviews otherwise). But yeah, blood tests etc I guess. Still, a dyspraxic person would surely have special equipment, help anyways?
Reply 11
Im only mildly dsypraxic, my gross motor skills are the most affected and it was psychiatry i was thinkin of going into. so do you recon getting a di would not be advisable
Reply 12
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maxi321
Im only mildly dsypraxic, my gross motor skills are the most affected and it was psychiatry i was thinkin of going into. so do you recon getting a di would not be advisable


I think you should get a diagnosis, of couse. If you do have dyspraxia then chances are you'll need support during your studies (and the Disabled students allowance is very useful for this) and there may be other issues too which may need to be looked at. This is why I'm suprised by your parents' reaction.

If you have and, and are only mildly affected, it may not affect your ability to practice but I can't really say too much here as, first of all, I don't know you (and how "mild" your problems are) and, most importantly, I'm not a medic.

However, what I will say is this, even if you don't get a diagnosis (and do have dyspraxia) the issues that would (possible problems with motor skills, working memory, organisation) are still going to be there.

But your application itself shouldn't really be affected and I do think you should go to the assesment.
Reply 13
AWZC
Yeah I knew about the training years (it would have been slightly hard to go through interviews otherwise). But yeah, blood tests etc I guess. Still, a dyspraxic person would surely have special equipment, help anyways?
No such special equipment exists. 'Help' is unlikely in clinical placements and will be non-existent at work, at most you'll get to drag someone else away from their jobs to help you do yours.
Reply 14
maxi321
Im only mildly dsypraxic, my gross motor skills are the most affected and it was psychiatry i was thinkin of going into. so do you recon getting a di would not be advisable
Get or don't get a diagnosis, it's not going to change your ability to do the job or not.

While trying not to be blunt, you're too young and too junior to choose a speciality.
Reply 15
Ok thank you guys, I'll relax and give the whole 'going into medicine' thing some more thought.
Reply 16
This is a question I'd always wanted to ask but not about getting diagnosed more about actually being dyspraxic. I gave up on wanting to do medicine during school due to thinking I couldn't do it cause I have dyspraxia but now I'm not so sure.
Someone in the year below me is dyspraxic. So it's certainly possible to get into medical school with it.
Reply 18
i do a science as it is and that involves careful lab work and i'm not bad at it, surely practicing medicine can't be any harder. Are you thinking of applying for it after your degree
Reply 19
AWZC
I'm not claiming I'm right, just simply curious - what about psychiatrists?


Try qualifying as one without doing general med, general surgery et al... Cannulation anyone :wink: