12 Tips for Including Disability Awareness within Undergraduate Medical Education Curricula [version 3; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]
Disability is extremely common, and there is a need for high quality medical school curricula on working with persons with disabilities. The goal of disability training is to provide the proper knowledge and skills to address the unique needs of persons with disability (PWD), mitigate health dispari...
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| description | Disability is extremely common, and there is a need for high quality medical school curricula on working with persons with disabilities. The goal of disability training is to provide the proper knowledge and skills to address the unique needs of persons with disability (PWD), mitigate health disparities, and help shape more compassionate and informed physicians. This article presents 12 tips to incorporate disability training into undergraduate medical education. These tips emphasize the inclusion of PWD in all stages of the curriculum, interprofessional education, experiential learning, and exposure to a range of disability types. By leveraging these tips, educators will be able to create effective learning opportunities and improve the future healthcare of PWD. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4cf4c7931fc44ed3bb7521e4310a38182024-12-11T01:00:00ZengF1000 Research LtdMedEdPublish2312-79962024-12-01142230912 Tips for Including Disability Awareness within Undergraduate Medical Education Curricula [version 3; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]William S. Brooks0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4745-9295Tanvee Sinha1Ashley Parish2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1668-1042Caroline N. Harada3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3072-4021Department of Cell, Developmental & Integrative Biology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, 35294, USAMarnix E. Heersink School of Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, 35294, USADepartment of Physical Therapy, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, 35294, USADepartment of Medical Education, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, 35294, USADisability is extremely common, and there is a need for high quality medical school curricula on working with persons with disabilities. The goal of disability training is to provide the proper knowledge and skills to address the unique needs of persons with disability (PWD), mitigate health disparities, and help shape more compassionate and informed physicians. This article presents 12 tips to incorporate disability training into undergraduate medical education. These tips emphasize the inclusion of PWD in all stages of the curriculum, interprofessional education, experiential learning, and exposure to a range of disability types. By leveraging these tips, educators will be able to create effective learning opportunities and improve the future healthcare of PWD.https://mededpublish.org/articles/14-32/v3Disability awareness Undergraduate medical education Americans with Disabilities Act Interprofessional educationeng |
| spellingShingle | William S. Brooks Tanvee Sinha Ashley Parish Caroline N. Harada 12 Tips for Including Disability Awareness within Undergraduate Medical Education Curricula [version 3; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] MedEdPublish Disability awareness Undergraduate medical education Americans with Disabilities Act Interprofessional education eng |
| title | 12 Tips for Including Disability Awareness within Undergraduate Medical Education Curricula [version 3; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] |
| title_full | 12 Tips for Including Disability Awareness within Undergraduate Medical Education Curricula [version 3; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] |
| title_fullStr | 12 Tips for Including Disability Awareness within Undergraduate Medical Education Curricula [version 3; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] |
| title_full_unstemmed | 12 Tips for Including Disability Awareness within Undergraduate Medical Education Curricula [version 3; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] |
| title_short | 12 Tips for Including Disability Awareness within Undergraduate Medical Education Curricula [version 3; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] |
| title_sort | 12 tips for including disability awareness within undergraduate medical education curricula version 3 peer review 1 approved 2 approved with reservations |
| topic | Disability awareness Undergraduate medical education Americans with Disabilities Act Interprofessional education eng |
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