... through education and experience. Research shows that medical education in ID is inconsistent and inadequate. Kahtan conducted a survey across 23 UK medical schools that found disparity in disability studies; while all offered didactic teaching methods, there were few opportunities for direct clinical...

... Intellectual disabilities Mental healthcare services National policy Medical education Psychological education In recent years, the actors involved in mental healthcare at all levels of government have striven for greater cooperation and coordination in areas such as prevention, health promotion...

... of medical students from the GMC and Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych). Design/methodology/approach – National reports from Mencap, Department of Health, Disability rights commission, NHS Executive, the GMC and RCPsych were searched for relevant recommendations to undergraduate medical education...

... implementation. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Change management e-Learning Psychological capital Medical education Diagnostic overshadowing Service-user involvement Goffman (1963) described stigma as negative evaluation of someone as tainted, damaged or discredited...

... Sinai can be contacted at: a.sinai@ucl.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Intellectual disabilities Health care Medical personnel Medical schools Curricula Attitude Medical education Medical students Teaching In 2004, an estimated 985,000 people in England had...