Medical Student Health Assessment (Page 3 of 8) in pdf

Occupational health service

Prospective medical student health assessment

CONFIDENTIAL

Introduction

We are committed to ensuring equality of opportunity for students with impairments

and health conditions. It is our legal responsibility to ensure that any barriers to our

courses are removed and one way in which that can be achieved is to find out about

you and your requirements. We also have to be assured that we can help you

practise safely in training and in employment and so now you have been offered a

place on the course we wish to begin this process by asking you to complete this

form.

Confidentiality

All medical and sensitive personal information you provide will be held in confidence

by the University/School Occupational Health Service. The school will only be

informed of the need to make adjustments if it is relevant to your educational needs

or patient safety and with your full involvement.

The School will provide all reasonable support to enable students with impairments

and health conditions to complete their studies. Appropriate support can be provided

for almost all circumstances even if the effects of impairment or ill health are

substantial. However, because of a requirement to ensure patients are not harmed

through involvement in medical training, if you have a condition which would make it

impossible for you to work safely with patients or to acquire the skills necessary to

complete training, even with adjustments and support, then you cannot be accepted

onto the undergraduate medicine course. In this circumstance, the University will

endeavour to offer you a place on an alternative course. However, you should not

assume that your impairment or health condition will prevent your take-up of a place

and we would be pleased to speak with you at the earliest opportunity about any

concerns you may have.

Please contact xxx for further advice and support about disability, health and fitness

to practise and confidentiality issues.

Please answer each of the following questions, providing brief detail on any

questions answered ‘yes’. You should then complete the declaration in Section 3 and

then arrange for your general practitioner, or usual doctor, to complete Section 4.

Once you have completed all sections, you should then send the form to the

University/School Occupational Health Service. Keep a copy.

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