1. Medical Schools Council – www.medschools.ac.uk What is widening participation? Clare Owen, Medical Schools Council

2. 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

3. 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

4. Medical Schools Council – www.medschools.ac.uk Diagnosing the problem - medicine

5. Medical Schools Council – www.medschools.ac.uk Diagnosing the problem - medicine

6. Medical Schools Council – www.medschools.ac.uk Diagnosing the problem - medicine

7. 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

8. Medical Schools Council – www.medschools.ac.uk Diagnosing the problem - medicine

9. 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

10. Medical Schools Council – www.medschools.ac.uk Diagnosing the problem - medicine

11. 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.

12. Medical Schools Council – www.medschools.ac.uk Launched 10 December 2014

13. Medical Schools Council – www.medschools.ac.uk Three pieces of research commissioned

14. Medical Schools Council – www.medschools.ac.uk Supplementary material Four pieces of supplementary advice and guidance were also launched

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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

21. Medical Schools Council – www.medschools.ac.uk Questions