Widening participation: so much more than access

  • Cullen, K. (Contributor)
  • Ellie Hothersall (Presenter)
  • Helen Oram (Contributor)
  • Donna Quinn (Contributor)

Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation

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Widening participation: so much more than access Presenter(s): Dr Eleanor Hothersall Author(s): Dr Eleanor Hothersall, University of Dundee; Dr Helen Oram, Kings College London; Dr Kathy Cullen, Queens University Belfast; Donna Quinn, University of Edinburgh Twitter: @e_hothersall

Medical schools are encouraged to increase diversity of medical students through schemes often labelled "widening participation" or "widening access". People who traditionally would not have been able to access medical education are now encouraged to apply although the support available can be variable. Medical schools are still generally focussed on a "deficit model" where the student is perceived as lacking the necessary skills or attributes, and support focusses on addressing those deficits rather than considering systemic barriers. Building on work carried out at University of Dundee, Queens University Belfast, and Kings College London, we use the FORRT project's model of the Academic Wheel of Privilege to highlight the pervasive barriers faced by students and qualified doctors and ask how the system needs to change to address these inequalities. Reference(s): FORRT project "Academic Wheel of Privilege" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzEdTyA06cU [https://forrt.org/

Period13 Jul 2023
Event titleAssociation for the Study of Medical Education (ASME) July 2023 Conference: Developing a diverse workforce
Event typeConference
LocationUnited KingdomShow on map
Degree of RecognitionNational