Health and Disability Challenges Postgraduate education A personal view Elizabeth Manero Lay member Education and Training Advisory Board
Two sides of a coin 1. NHS Providers are not always the most understanding and non stigmatising places to receive postgraduate education and training 2. Patients are not always the most understanding and non-stigmatising people, especially perhaps when they are anxious about their condition
Patients – the extra challenge? • Patients are entitled to make certain assumptions about doctors caring for them • These gives them confidence that disabled doctors in training will be able to care for them as well as those in training without a disability • The NHS, the GMC and education providers have a responsibility to both the affected doctors in training and the patients whom they care for, to make these assumptions reality.
Assumptions • This doctor in training has been assessed as able to fulfill their role • Doctors will not have been asked to operate in a way they are unable to do • Any reasonable adjustments needed both for their training and their practice, have been made • They are provided with the support they need to do the job. • Someone is responsible for making sure this is so and continues to be so.
Recommend
More recommend
