Hello everyone! I have a question that has somewhat been asked before, but I feel that my situation is a bit different. I'll be applying to ophthalmology residency and I need to pass an eye exam for my application that includes color vision and stereopsis. I'm a healthy person, no past vision problems, and I've had dilated eye exams in the past with no concerns. I do know that I have myopia in one eye (about 20/100 uncorrected) that is correctable to 20/20 with about a -2.00 D lens (I tried this myself, didn't get a proper refraction yet). The other eye is 20/20 uncorrected. However, I do not wear glasses in my day to day life -- I never even got them because I didn't feel like I needed them.
Regarding color vision: I was on rotation and noticed that when I was testing a patient, he was telling me the ishihara plates quickly and I couldn't see the numbers. I looked at some color tests online and also in person and, although the numbers do not jump out at me, I can figure out what's on the plates if I look carefully. So, I can pass the color vision test now, but only after doing some practice online and learning what I should be looking at to say the right number.
Regarding stereopsis: I got tested briefly with the wirt circle test and could only see maybe 6/9 circles. This was without glasses. I tried putting a -2.00 lens in front of my myopic eye and saw maybe 7/9, but it's still super subtle and I feel like I almost guessed the 7th.
I'm suddenly getting worried about all these problems with my eyes. I do not want to be a sub-par ophthalmologist, so I want to make sure that my eyes are in good shape for microsurgery and retinal exams, etc. My question is this: for color vision, do you think I could have color deficiency if I can, with some effort, make out the numbers on the plates? For stereopsis, do you think that if I got used to wearing glasses and trained to see depth better, my stereopsis would improve?
Thank you so much!
Regarding color vision: I was on rotation and noticed that when I was testing a patient, he was telling me the ishihara plates quickly and I couldn't see the numbers. I looked at some color tests online and also in person and, although the numbers do not jump out at me, I can figure out what's on the plates if I look carefully. So, I can pass the color vision test now, but only after doing some practice online and learning what I should be looking at to say the right number.
Regarding stereopsis: I got tested briefly with the wirt circle test and could only see maybe 6/9 circles. This was without glasses. I tried putting a -2.00 lens in front of my myopic eye and saw maybe 7/9, but it's still super subtle and I feel like I almost guessed the 7th.
I'm suddenly getting worried about all these problems with my eyes. I do not want to be a sub-par ophthalmologist, so I want to make sure that my eyes are in good shape for microsurgery and retinal exams, etc. My question is this: for color vision, do you think I could have color deficiency if I can, with some effort, make out the numbers on the plates? For stereopsis, do you think that if I got used to wearing glasses and trained to see depth better, my stereopsis would improve?
Thank you so much!