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Teaching disability and rehabilitation to medical students
Author(s) -
Kahtan S.,
Inman C.,
Haines A.,
Holland P.,
McColl The Lord,
McNeish A. S.,
Greenwood R. J.,
Shaw D. A.,
Mathews J. A.,
Haines Andrew,
Kahtan Susannah,
Inman Clive,
Towle Angela,
Dieppe Paul,
Holland Peter,
Sears Charles,
Munday Stewart
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
medical education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.776
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1365-2923
pISSN - 0308-0110
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2923.1994.tb02549.x
Subject(s) - curriculum , medical education , rehabilitation , psychology , focus group , medicine , pedagogy , sociology , physical therapy , anthropology
Summary. A survey of UK medical schools was undertaken to determine the teaching that was being offered on disability and rehabilitation. In general, teaching on this topic appeared fragmented and inadequate but a number of interesting innovations were identified. These included: a drama workshop run by a group whose members mainly have learning disabilities at St George's Medical School, student‐directed learning at the University of Dundee and structured teaching programmes at the Universities of Leeds and Edinburgh. The General Medical Council Education Committee's 1991 discussion document on the undergraduate curriculum specifically mentions disability as an important topic. A number of schools mentioned that they were in the process of revising their curriculum as a consequence. Recommendations arising from the findings of the survey include integration of disability and rehabilitation into clinical teaching, focus of teaching on those types of disability which are common in the community, greater emphasis on functional assessment in teaching the physical examination, and the wider use of standard assessment instruments, for example for activities of daily living, cognitive impairment and locomotor disability. There is a need for improved communication between medical schools to facilitate the spread of educational activities on this topic.