University of Bristol Student Doctors Visit
The Misfits had an amazing morning working with Bristol University student doctors as part of their placement. The students come along to meet our training group to see some performances, hear poetry and have a chance to talk about accessibility and what’s important to people with learning disabilities when they visit the doctors. Bill’s poem about epilepsy helps people to understand how scary it would be to wake up in hospital not remembering how you got there. The group had a chance to answer questions and find out why the students want to become doctors.
We had some amazing feedback from the visit. Here is what one student had to say;
‘I found the sketches very powerful and informative.’
‘I liked interacting in the workshop and getting to know the Misfits better.’
‘I really loved the interactive dancing, mirroring activities we did. I also really loved the back and forth questions, I have definitely learnt a lot from you guys!’
‘My understanding has improved greatly about learning disabilities. I have learnt a lot about the range of learning disability someone can have and how people shouldn’t be treated differently because they have one.’
We look forward to working with Bristol University in the near future.
