A re-design of intellectual disability undergraduate medical training and implementation of an e-learning tool; improving students' knowledge, skills and attitudes.
Purpose: People with intellectual disability face extensive health inequality and premature mortality. Medical students have reported that they lack the skills, knowledge and confidence to work with those with intellectual disability and autism. This emphasises the need for tomorrow's doctors to be...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Mental Health Training, Education & Practice Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 1 - 14 |
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| Formato: | research tables/charts randomized controlled trial Journal Article |
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Emerald Publishing Limited
2025
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