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Mendeley readers
Attention Score in Context
| Title |
How Should Medical Schools Respond to Students with Dyslexia?
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|---|---|
| Published in |
The AMA Journal of Ethic, October 2016
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| DOI | 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.10.ecas1-1610 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Frederick Romberg, Bennett A Shaywitz, Sally E Shaywitz |
| Abstract |
We examine the dilemmas faced by a medical student with dyslexia who wonders whether he should "out" himself to faculty to receive the accommodations entitled by federal law. We first discuss scientific evidence on dyslexia's prevalence, unexpected nature, and neurobiology. We then examine the experiences of medical students who have revealed their dyslexia to illustrate the point that, far too often, attending physicians who know little about dyslexia can misperceive the motives or behavior of students with dyslexia. Because ignorance and misperception of dyslexia can result in bias against students with dyslexia, we strongly recommend a mandatory course for faculty that provides a basic scientific and clinical overview of dyslexia to facilitate greater understanding of dyslexia and support for students with dyslexia. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 32% |
| United Kingdom | 5 | 20% |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 1 | 4% |
| Israel | 1 | 4% |
| Spain | 1 | 4% |
| India | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 8 | 32% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 16 | 64% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 6 | 24% |
| Scientists | 2 | 8% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 4% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 66 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 66 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 10 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 10 | 15% |
| Other | 7 | 11% |
| Researcher | 4 | 6% |
| Librarian | 3 | 5% |
| Other | 11 | 17% |
| Unknown | 21 | 32% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 16 | 24% |
| Psychology | 9 | 14% |
| Social Sciences | 5 | 8% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 6% |
| Neuroscience | 4 | 6% |
| Other | 3 | 5% |
| Unknown | 25 | 38% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 16. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 20 March 2019.
All research outputs
#2,320,018
of 26,186,522 outputs
Outputs from The AMA Journal of Ethic
#692
of 2,799 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#38,464
of 335,343 outputs
Outputs of similar age from The AMA Journal of Ethic
#25
of 38 outputs
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