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August 9, 2026Medical Education

Understanding how disability and ethnicity impact UK undergraduate and postgraduate medical training: A critical review

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HWHannah Z. WakefieldAEAmaya EllawalaAKAmelia Kehoe

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Critical review evaluates how disability and ethnicity affect medical training outcomes, suggesting support improvements.

Key Points

  • The review aims to evaluate the intersection of disability and ethnicity's impact on UK medical training.
  • Followed PRISMA guidelines for systematic reviews.
  • Conducted searches across various medical, nursing, and psychology bibliographic databases with no date restrictions.
  • Used the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool for quality appraisal and a textual narrative method for data synthesis.
  • Only 25 of 2662 identified articles provided data on both disability and ethnicity in medical education contexts.
  • Three key themes were identified: diversity in medical training, factors affecting educational performance, and adverse treatment in clinical environments.
  • The review concluded that disability and ethnicity negatively impact medical training, particularly in examination performance and levels of support.

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Wakefield et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a782d4e2e1896536c840390https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.70293
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