Twelve tips for including disability education in undergraduate medical education.

Dorothy W Tolchin, Nethra S Ankam, Leslie Rydberg
Author Information
  1. Dorothy W Tolchin: Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
  2. Nethra S Ankam: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
  3. Leslie Rydberg: Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

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.

Keywords

MeSH Term

Humans
Education, Medical, Undergraduate
Disabled Persons
Curriculum
Healthcare Disparities
Schools, Medical

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