Color vision restrictions for medical school admission: a discussion on regulations in asean countries compared to countries across the world

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• who: Ting Fang Tan from the Existing regulations for medical school admissions Color vision deficiency is not a criterion for rejection to study or practice medicine in most countries such as the United States and the United Kingdom [13]Historically, Japan had the most restrictive policy, with, .8% of medical universities excluding individuals with deficient color vision in, . This dropped to, .3% with efforts by the Japanese Ophthalmologists Association in, subsequently dropped after campaigning efforts by ophthalmologist/activist Yasuyo Takayanagi [16, ]. Takyanagi demonstrated that individuals who did not pass mandatory Ishihara tests were still able to execute . . .
  

   

  

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