Welcomed and valued

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Supporting disabled learners in medical education and training

Disabled learners should be welcomed and valued by the profession. We provide advice on how medical schools and postgraduate educators can provide support.

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Disabled doctors exist

Disabled doctors exist

Celebrating their contribution to medicine

Doctors, like any other professional group can experience ill health or disability. Read accounts from disabled medical students and doctors in training where they talk about the value they bring to medicine, and what they've learnt from their experience of medical training.

Supporting the individual

Supporting the individual

Reasonable adjustments and flexibility

Critical to supporting disabled medical students and doctors through their education and training is talking to the individual about their needs. Read about the reasonable adjustments that have made a difference to medical students and doctors in training, and the barriers they've sometimes faced in securing them.

How disability is viewed

How disability is viewed

By patients, colleagues and educators

Medical students and doctors in training have both positive and negative experiences of how their health condition or disability is viewed. Read about some of the reactions medical students and doctors have faced while training.


Moving through education

Moving through education

Support at transition points

Transitions during medical training are a challenge for all learners, but they can be even more of a challenge for disabled learners. Read about the issues disabled students and doctors in training have faced while moving through training, and what has made the process easier.


A culture of support

A culture of support

What general initiatives are needed

While tailored support specific to an individual is vital, it is also important to make sure disabled learners feel welcomed and valued. Read about the initiatives or processes that disabled doctors and students think would improve the culture of support.