Mental and physical disabilities
The MB ChB Student Support team will provide information and support for students with disabilities and medical conditions throughout the course. In addition, we encourage you to get in touch with the student support networks:
- WMS Disability Network: A medical student group that aims to educate students and staff, offer networking and support, form links with societies and organisations for widening participation and liaise with WMS and trusts to develop policy and promote equity and transparency. You can get in touch with them on Facebook or by email (wmsdisabilitynetwork@warwick.ac.uk).
- Able medics podcast by the GMC
- Warwick Enable: A University wide disability liberation and campaigning society.
- MBChB Athena SWAN Group: You can get in touch on Instagram.
- Autism at Warwick: A social, support and advocacy group for autistic students and their friends. You can get in touch with them on Facebook.
Services
- Access to and support with Assistive software is provided by the University Library.
- University funding information: Disabled Students' Allowances and other financial support.
- Grants for physically disabled students in higher education are awarded by The Snowden Trust.
Student experience
Georgia Gray - MB ChB 2021 graduate talking about studying with a physical disability:
Julia Alsop - current MB ChB student talking about studying with a mental health condition:
Mental wellbeing support is different from that for disabilities. Disability can include physical, social, cognitive, and developmental conditions, as well as mental health conditions and neurodivergence. We all need to look after our mental wellbeing and the University Wellbeing Support Services can be contacted for consultations or to access self-help resources.