Medical Students’ Attitudes towards and Beliefs about Dyslexia: A SingleCentre Survey Study
Dyslexia impacts upon reading and writing, but not upon intelligence. Little research has explored dyslexia in medicine. An online questionnaire was emailed to all medical students within a single medical school, inviting them to participate. Results were analysed using descriptive statistics. Stati...
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| Natura: | Articolo |
| Lingua: | English |
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Tishk International University
2020-12-01
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| Serie: | International Journal of Social Sciences & Educational Studies |
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| Accesso online: | https://ijsses.tiu.edu.iq/index.php/volume-7-issue-4-article-8/ |
| Riassunto: | Dyslexia impacts upon reading and writing, but not upon intelligence. Little research has explored dyslexia in medicine. An online questionnaire was emailed to all medical students within a single medical school, inviting them to participate. Results were analysed using descriptive statistics. Statistical significance was calculated for any differences between gender, age group, or year-group cohorts. 123 individuals responded. Most reported a good understanding of dyslexia, and feelings that their peers with it should be supported. However,
a minority reported feelings of jealously, and dissatisfaction – feeling that students with dyslexia should not be supported, as this gives them an unfair advantage. In some, this seemed to stem from a belief that dyslexia were not real, or that their peers were “faking it”.
“I think it is a poor excuse for students to be favoured advantageously and receive tremendous benefits. It is certainly not a medical problem.” |
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| ISSN: | 2409-1294 2520-0968 |