Twelve tips for including disability education in undergraduate medical education

Dorothy W. Tolchin, Nethra S. Ankam, Leslie Rydberg*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Disability is a large and growing minority population worldwide. People with disabilities continue to experience health and healthcare disparities. Despite multiple calls to action to provide disability education within undergraduate medical education as a strategy to mitigate ongoing inequities, robust disability education is not routinely provided across medical schools. This article provides twelve tips that any medical school faculty can utilize to integrate meaningful disability education within existing core medical education.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1152-1159
Number of pages8
JournalMedical Teacher
Volume46
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 2024

Keywords

  • Disability
  • ableism
  • competency-based education
  • curriculum development
  • diversity
  • equity
  • faculty development
  • inclusion
  • medical students
  • undergraduate medical education

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Education

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