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Dear Michael Thank you for your message. I am very much involved with the SSC4 programme here at Edinburgh and would be interested to know if your Equality and Diversity Officer has approached any of our staff here to obtain the information she was looking for. I would prefer to keep this discussion off-list. Regards Margaret MacDougall ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr Margaret MacDougall Medical Statistician Public Health Sciences Section Division of Community Health Sciences University of Edinburgh Medical School Teviot Place Edinburgh EH8 9AG Tel: +44 (0)131 650 3211 Fax: +44 (0)131 650 6909 E-mail: [log in to unmask] http://www.chs.med.ed.ac.uk/people/staffProfile.php?profile=mmacdoug Quoting Michael Woodman <[log in to unmask]>: > Dear All: > > Our medical students have to complete modules from our Student Selected > Component Programme, (SSMS, or Special Study Modules). > > These give students a greater opportunity to self select topics, but > must produce: > > - a robust academic report of between 5000 and 7000 words, or > - a shorter report along with a presentation, or > - another form of assessment defined by the appropriate examiner. > > Typically these modules last for quite a few weeks, (sometimes > alongside other teaching over a 12 week period including 1 day a week > factored in for work on the SSM, or as chunks of full time study over > four or five weeks). > > Because of the duration of these modules, and also the fact that in > some SSM situations, the student will only be working on this module, > (and completing no other work), some staff are reticent to factor in > some of the adjustments that I normally suggest are reasonable for > dyslexic students. > > Chief amongst these are deadline extensions, (due to the perception > that the student has a long time to plan and complete), and also not > marking for grammar and spelling, (staff feel that there is plenty of > time for students to proof and edit their work). > > As an aside, our Equality and Diversity Officer did approach a large > list of medical schools specifically with the concerns of academic > staff, and received little response back. She asked them the following > question amongst others: > > "Core competencies: Does your institution consider it necessary that > the student completes an SSM in the allotted time because the fact the > SSM takes place within a specific time-scale in itself measures a core > competency students will need in real life?" > > I think it would have been very interesting to see the response to that one! > > Would anybody on this list be able to offer an opinion? > > Kind regards, > > -- > Michael Woodman > Disabilities Coordinator > Registry, Hunter Wing, > St. George's, University of London, > Cranmer Terrace, Tooting, > SW17 0RE. > > www.sgul.ac.uk/disability > > Tel: 020 8725 0143 > Fax: 020 8725 0841 > [log in to unmask] -- The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.