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Patients and students team up to fix doctor training for learning disabilities

NCT ID NCT07585708

Knowledge-focused Sponsor: University of Nottingham Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study interviews people with learning differences and surveys medical students to understand what future doctors need to learn to provide better care. The goal is to use these insights to create volunteer-led teaching sessions. The study is small, with 15 participants, and aims to improve healthcare access and reduce discrimination.

What this could mean

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What this could lead to
If successful, this study could help create better training for doctors to improve healthcare access and quality for people with learning differences.
What could go wrong
This is a very small, early-stage interview and survey study with only 15 participants, so findings may not apply broadly. It does not test any treatment.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Participants

About 15 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Expected to start

May 2026

An estimate. Start dates often move.

Expected to finish

Dec 2026

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.

Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Who is studied

Individuals with an experience of learning difference based on personal history or a caring role and graduate entry preclinical students at a single institution in the United Kingdom

Ages

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.

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Inclusion Criteria: * Volunteers will be recruited from participants in teaching sessions to GEM medical students held in September and October 2025. This will be using convenience sampling. Up to 120 students currently on the GEM Year 1 preclinical programme at the time of the study will be invited to complete the study. Exclusion Criteria: * All who do not meet the inclusion criteria defined above

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

learning disability

As listed by the trial registrant

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Experience Healthcare access Learning disabilities

How to take part

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  1. The places running it

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  2. The official record

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  3. A doctor treating you

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Division of Medical Sciences and Graduate Entry Medicine, University of Nottingham Medical School at the Royal Derby Hospital

    Derby, DE22 3DT, United Kingdom

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