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No - so thanks for the heads up! Better look into this one. Happy to post my findings back to the forum. 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] Simon Jarvis wrote: > Hello. > > A message for those of you with a medical school at your institution. > > I've had a query from our School of Medicine and Dentistry. They plan > to stipulate in their course handbook that assessment for a particular > part of the course must be by hand, citing the General Medical > Council's recommendations as justification: > > The General Medical Council in Tomorrow's Doctors Recommendations on > Undergraduate Medical Education (2009)specifies a requirement for > students in *Section 15 Communicate effectively with patients and > colleagues in a medical context** *para (c) "Communicate by spoken, > written and electronic methods (including medical records), and be > aware of other methods of communication used by patients. Appreciate > the significance of non-verbal communication in the medical consultation". > > The academic responsible for the handbook has contacted us for advice, > primarily as they had a dyslexic student this year who asked to be > allowed to type this element of the assessment. They granted the > concession this year, but do not plan to do so in the future. The > argument is that this is a "patient safety and fitness to practice > issue and it is important for them to develop the skills whist a > student and before they have responsibility for patient care". > > I can see that this may have DDA compliance issues, especially as more > and more use of technology is used in everyday life. However, the > recommendations of the GMC seem fairly unambiguous. Have colleagues at > other HEIs with medical schools dealt with this issue? > > Simon > -- > Simon Jarvis > Head of Disability & Dyslexia Service > Queen Mary University of London > > Student and Campus Services > Room FB 2.30, Francis Bancroft > Mile End Road, London E1 4NS > Tel: 020 7882 2765 > Fax: 020 7882 5223 > www.scs.qmul.ac.uk