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What is widening participation?
Clare Owen, Medical Schools Council
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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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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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Diagnosing the problem - medicine
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Diagnosing the problem - medicine
Medical Schools Council – www.medschools.ac.uk
Diagnosing the problem - medicine
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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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Diagnosing the problem - medicine
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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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Diagnosing the problem - medicine
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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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Launched 10 December 2014
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Three pieces of research commissioned
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Supplementary materialFour pieces of supplementary advice and guidance were also launched
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Structure of the report
Five Chapters:•Evidence Base•Widening Participation •The Role of the Doctor•Selection Methods•Implementation
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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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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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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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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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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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