Working With People With Disabilities: An Interactive Video/Lecture Session for First- and Second-Year Medical Students.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Negative physician attitudes toward people with disabilities create barriers to health care for these individuals. Barriers can include withholding of standard medical and preventive care, provision of inferior treatment, and patient mistrust of the health care system. Thus, preparing medical students to care for people with disabilities is especially important. Educating health care providers early in their careers can shape their interactions while their approach to patients is still deliberate.

Methods

We developed an interactive introductory session for first- and second-year medical students on how to approach individuals with observable disability in clinical settings. In the session, we explored-through a combination of lecture, discussion, and patient pe

SUBMITTER: Hearn SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7331955 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature