申请医学院与未诊断的阅读障碍症:一个协作式的自我民族学
Megan Cornwell1, Sebastian Charles Keith Shaw2
1Department of Medical Education, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, 344B Watson Building, Falmer, BN1 9PH, England. M.Cornwell1@uni.bsms.ac.uk.
概括
许多阅读障碍学生面临进入英国医学院的障碍,未被诊断的阅读障碍影响了他们的旅程. 招生过程可能无意中使这些申请人处于不利地位,突出显示需要进行审查.
科学领域:
- 医学教育 医学教育
- 高等教育中的神经多样性
- 学习心理学学习的心理学.
背景情况:
- 英国医学院的阅读障碍患病率 (7%) 低于全国平均水平 (10%).
- 导致这种差异的因素是未知的,可能涉及个人和系统障碍.
- 未被诊断的阅读障碍可能会对学生进入和通过医学院的道路产生重大影响.
研究的目的:
- 通过医学学生的经验,探索未被诊断的阅读障碍对进入医学院的旅程的影响.
- 调查录取期间缺乏诊断如何可能为难读的申请人创造障碍.
- 了解影响阅读障碍的个人和外部因素的相互作用,适用于医学.
主要方法:
- 协作式的,分析性的自民族学.
- 通过反思性写作和采访收集数据.
- 对定性数据进行主题分析.
主要成果:
- 两个元主题出现了:未被诊断的阅读障碍的负面情绪影响和自卑感.
- 七个主题详细介绍了个人障碍,社会经济背景的影响和支持提供.
- 像BMAT和UKCAT这样的适度测试可能会无意中使未被诊断的阅读障碍学生处于不利地位.
结论:
- 该研究提供了对未被诊断的阅读障碍患者申请医学院的经验的洞察.
- 医学院招生过程可能无意中使难读症申请人处于不利地位.
- 医学院需要重新评估招生,以确保所有申请人的机会均等.
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