Where applicants have dyslexia, it is common practice for reading time to be increased by 25%.
This is also the policy employed at IMT interviews; and where this comes into play specifically is where candidates prepare for assessment of 'scenarios'.
Scenarios
Only question 1 will use a scenario. In the three minutes before your interview starts, you will be given a clinical scenario to review. Upon arrival in the interview room, you will be asked questions relating to this scenario.
Scenario text
The actual text in the scenario is quite short - two/three brief sentences at most - and so the bulk of preparation time is to allow you to consider the scenario and the next steps you would take (eg diagnosis, treatment, further questions, etc.); rather than it being 'reading time' as such.
But should you have dyslexia and wish to request extra time here, this can be granted in line with the recommendations on your pyschological assessment.
Requesting adjustment
If you have dyslexia and wish to request this adjustment, please add information to the personal page of your application regarding this.
You can now load documents directly to Oriel on your aplication. You need to explain the requirement and then upload the documentary evidence to the application when prompted to do so.
Further information
The British Dyslexia Association has a webpage dedicated to how the Equalities Act 2010 relates to dyslexia.