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Faigel, Harris C – Academic Medicine, 1998
A survey of 96 United States and 9 Canadian medical schools found that the large majority accepted students with learning disabilities and claimed to make some academic accommodations. Most would administer nonstandard (i.e., nontimed) licensing examinations, and many reported that their affiliated postgraduate medical-training programs would also…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Accessibility (for Disabled), Administrative Policy, Admission Criteria