Developing undergraduate autism education for medical students: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Autistic adults and children experience considerable health inequalities and have high rates of premature mortality, hospital admissions and emergency department visits. This is in part due to a lack of autism awareness in the healthcare and social care workforce. A new educational programme, Time for Autism (TfA), for medical students is being developed to address this challenge. This qualitative study was undertaken to support the development of the new programme in order to (1) understand the medical care experiences of parents of autistic children and (2) assess their views on the acceptability of the new TfA programme and willingness to be involved.

Methods

A convenience sample of 11 parents of autistic children were recruited across the South of England. The

SUBMITTER: Dhuga Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9345079 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature