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Medical Schools Council – www.medschools.ac.uk What is widening participation? Clare Owen, Medical Schools Council
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Medical Schools Council – www.medschools.ac.uk Diagnosing the problem Widening participation – identifying and removing barriers to success? For healthcare – finding talent wherever it is? There will be different challenges for different professions Data collection is crucial to identify the problems
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Medical Schools Council – www.medschools.ac.uk Diagnosing the problem - medicine ‘medicine lags behind other professions both in the focus and in the priority it accords to these issues. It has a long way to go when it comes to making access fairer, diversifying its workforce and raising social mobility.’ Fair Access to the Professions, 2012 Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission
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Medical Schools Council – www.medschools.ac.uk Diagnosing the problem - medicine
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Medical Schools Council – www.medschools.ac.uk Diagnosing the problem - medicine
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Medical Schools Council – www.medschools.ac.uk Diagnosing the problem - medicine
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Medical Schools Council – www.medschools.ac.uk Diagnosing the problem - medicine Disability 5.9% of the general population received the disabled students allowance (DSA) 4.8% of students studying medicine, dental or veterinary science receive DSA
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Medical Schools Council – www.medschools.ac.uk Diagnosing the problem - medicine
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Medical Schools Council – www.medschools.ac.uk Diagnosing the problem - medicine 7% of the UK population is privately educated yet 31% of F1s identified themselves as being privately educated 80% of medicine applicants came from around only 20% of schools or colleges 50% of state schools have not had a single applicant for medicine in the last 3 years
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Medical Schools Council – www.medschools.ac.uk Diagnosing the problem - medicine
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Medical Schools Council – www.medschools.ac.uk Diagnosing the problem - medicine Conclusions From the data collected it appeared that social mobility or socio-economic background was the key issue we needed to address. Ethnicity is also an issue.
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Medical Schools Council – www.medschools.ac.uk Launched 10 December 2014
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Medical Schools Council – www.medschools.ac.uk Three pieces of research commissioned
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Medical Schools Council – www.medschools.ac.uk Supplementary material Four pieces of supplementary advice and guidance were also launched
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Medical Schools Council – www.medschools.ac.uk Structure of the report Five Chapters: Evidence Base Widening Participation The Role of the Doctor Selection Methods Implementation
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Medical Schools Council – www.medschools.ac.uk Evidence Base Main Focus: Presenting the current demographics of medical students across a number of different characteristics. Makes suggestions for improving data collection
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Medical Schools Council – www.medschools.ac.uk Widening Participation Main Focus: Analysis of the interventions that can help to widen participation including: Outreach Providing better information to applicants Work experience Alternative entry routes Contextualised admissions Supporting students
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Medical Schools Council – www.medschools.ac.uk The Role of the Doctor Main Focus: Setting out the values, skills and attributes needed to be a doctor Supported by a common statement for applicants that medical schools should also use in selection VBR
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Medical Schools Council – www.medschools.ac.uk Selection Methods Main Focus: Presenting the current evidence as to what are the most effective selection methods. Making suggestions for further research and policy development
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Medical Schools Council – www.medschools.ac.uk MSCSA work MMI working group established Engaging with qualification reform Research into contextual data in the process of being commissioned Research into selection methods - invitation to tender being finalised Establishing methods for monitoring and data collection on WP
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