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Diabetes and medicine? (1 Viewer)

Lanni36

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Can anyone please tell me how having diabetes affects my chances of doing medicine? It would be much appreciated :)
 
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Shouldn't really affect entry into Medicine, though I'm sure that you could use your experiences with diabetes during your interviews (if the course requires you to do interviews). As far as I know, you wouldn't have to disclose your condition to the faculty anyways.
 
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why would that affect anything?

it's not like, "how does having schizophrenia affect my chances of doing psych?"
 
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they dont ask for ur medical history prior to the interview. they only do a blood test for HIV, Hepatitis etc. once you're in the course. and diabetes is a very manageable condition nowadays.
 
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No it shouldn't, i presume your talking about Type 1, as long as it's managed it should be fine. You only need to report illnesses that could potentially harm yourself, major disabilities and patients/staff such as infectious/blood borne diseases, severe handicap, etc
 
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