Do Schools Have Learning Disabilities?

Learning disabilities and medical schools.

Learning disabilities are a group of disorders that affect 10-15% of the general population and 3% of United States medical students. Medical students with learning disabilities are typically unaware of their disorder and may only learn of it when the pace of medical school curriculum overtakes what were previously successful study techniques. Despite the significant prevalence of this disorder...

Supporting medical students with learning disabilities in Asian medical schools

Learning disabilities (LDs) represent the largest group of disabilities in higher education (HE) institutes, including medical schools, and the numbers are continuing to rise. The worrying concern is that two-thirds to half of these students with LDs remain undiagnosed when they start their undergraduate education and may even graduate without having their disabilities diagnosed. These students...

Do People with Disabilities Have Difficulty Finding a Family Physician?

Primary care has been ideally characterized as the medical home for all citizens, and yet recent data shows that approximately 6% do not have a family physician, and only 17.5% of family practices are open to new patients. Given acknowledged shortages of family physicians, this research asks the question: Do people with disabilities have particular difficulty finding a family physician? Health ...

People with learning disabilities who have cancer: an ethnographic study.

BACKGROUND Cancer incidence among people with learning disabilities is rising. There have been no published studies of the needs and experiences of people with learning disabilities and cancer, from their own perspective. AIM To provide insight into the experiences and needs of people with learning disabilities who have cancer. DESIGN OF STUDY Prospective qualitative study, using ethnograph...

Do Racial Preferences Reduce Minority Learning in Law Schools?