Sinha Tanvee, Harada Caroline N, Brooks William S, Parish Ashley
Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, 35294, USA.
Department of Medical Education, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, 35294, USA.
MedEdPublish (2016). 2024 Dec 10;14:32. doi: 10.12688/mep.20329.3. eCollection 2024.
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.
残疾极为常见,因此需要高质量的医学院课程来指导如何与残疾人打交道。残疾培训的目标是提供适当的知识和技能,以满足残疾人的特殊需求,减少健康差距,并帮助培养更有同情心、知识更丰富的医生。本文介绍了将残疾培训纳入本科医学教育的12条建议。这些建议强调在课程的各个阶段纳入残疾人,开展跨专业教育、体验式学习,并让学生接触各种类型的残疾。通过利用这些建议,教育工作者将能够创造有效的学习机会,并改善残疾人未来的医疗保健状况。