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Dyschromatopsia is defined as an abnormality of color vision, a deficiency that can cause difficulties in the day-to-day of some careers in the health area, including medicine, as it makes clinical practice difficult and may lead to potential errors. The objective was identify the presence of Dyschromatopsias in the student and teaching community of UEMS Medicine School course and the repercussions they bring to the performance of activities related to medical activity. It is a quantitative, observational, cross-sectional and descriptive research. 160 individuals were evaluated, including Medicine School students and professors at the campus of UEMS - Campo Grande Unit, by reading pseudo-isochromatic slides from the Book of Ishihara. Data were tabulated in Excel and analyzed using non-parametric statistics. Of the 160 volunteers, 25 were professors (15.6%) and 135 students (84.3%). Most were female. Only 02 of the 58 volunteers (1.25%) surveyed, had color vision deficiency. Both patients with dyschromatopsia were already aware of their clinical conditions, and were classified in the research as having Deutan deficiency (green, red-green by Ishihara plates 16 and 17). The participants denied having a family history of this disease and both reported difficulties in the microscopies study and during medical prescriptions, due to the color of the pens to be used. The prevalence of Dyschromatopsias was 1.25%, and the 2 affected participants in the medical field already had knowledge of their disability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]