Why do students fail to disclose health problems?

Background: At the university where this study took place, pre-qualifying healthcare students had previously been enrolled on programmes and were found to have pre-existing and ongoing health problems, which caused difficulties for some students during clinical placements.

Aim: To develop a web-based information zone dealing with students' concerns about fitness-to-practise issues.

Method: A three-stage study involving an online student survey, in-depth student interviews and development of a university web-based information zone was carried out.