Medical Students’ Attitudes towards and Beliefs about Dyslexia: A SingleCentre Survey Study

International Journal of Social Sciences & Educational Studies

卷:7

Sebastian C. K. Shaw¹  John L. Anderson¹  Laura R. Hennessy² 

[1] Department of Medical Education, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Brighton, East Sussex, UK;

[2] Weston General Hospital, University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Trust, Weston-Super-Mare, UK;

关键词: dyslexia;    medical students;    medical school;    medical education;    mixed methods;    survey;    crosssectional;   

DOI  :  10.23918/ijsses.v7i4p69

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Dyslexia impacts upon reading and writing, but not upon intelligence. Little research has explored dyslexia in medicine. An online questionnaire was emailed to all medical students within a single medical school, inviting them to participate. Results were analysed using descriptive statistics. Statistical significance was calculated for any differences between gender, age group, or year-group cohorts. 123 individuals responded. Most reported a good understanding of dyslexia, and feelings that their peers with it should be supported. However,a minority reported feelings of jealously, and dissatisfaction – feeling that students with dyslexia should not be supported, as this gives them an unfair advantage. In some, this seemed to stem from a belief that dyslexia were not real, or that their peers were “faking it”.“I think it is a poor excuse for students to be favoured advantageously and receive tremendous benefits. It is certainly not a medical problem.”

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