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Working With People With Disabilities: An Interactive Video/Lecture Session For First- And Second-Year Medical Students., Sandra L Hearn, Pamela J Hearn
Working With People With Disabilities: An Interactive Video/Lecture Session For First- And Second-Year Medical Students., Sandra L Hearn, Pamela J Hearn
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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 Novel Curriculum For Medical Student Training In Lgbtq Healthcare: A Regional Pathway Experience., Alec W Gibson, Theodore A Gobillot, Kevin Wang, Elizabeth Conley, Wendy Coard, Kim Matsumoto, Holly Letourneau, Shilpen Patel, Susan E Merel, Tomoko Sairenji, Mark E Whipple, Michael R Ryan, Leo S Morales, Corinne Heinen
A Novel Curriculum For Medical Student Training In Lgbtq Healthcare: A Regional Pathway Experience., Alec W Gibson, Theodore A Gobillot, Kevin Wang, Elizabeth Conley, Wendy Coard, Kim Matsumoto, Holly Letourneau, Shilpen Patel, Susan E Merel, Tomoko Sairenji, Mark E Whipple, Michael R Ryan, Leo S Morales, Corinne Heinen
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Background: Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) individuals face considerable health disparities, often due to a lack of LGBTQ-competent care. Such disparities and lack of access to informed care are even more staggering in rural settings. As the state medical school for the Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho (WWAMI) region, the University of Washington School of Medicine (UWSOM) is in a unique position to train future physicians to provide healthcare that meets the needs of LGBTQ patients both regionally and nationally.
Objective: To describe our methodology of developing a student-driven longitudinal, region-wide curriculum to train medical students to …