Underrepresented in Healthcare - Disabilities in Healthcare

[WildWing]

An SDN member requested that we create a thread for discussions on Disabilities in Healthcare, so here it is!

About six years ago we did an interview with the Coalition for Disability Access in Health Science and Medical Education - you can view it here:

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[Mr.Smile12]

I'll also note that the Becoming a Student Doctor course has a curated collection focused on various disabilities and healthcare education/training. Topics include neurodiversity and sensory disabilities (sight/hearing), and a very large theme of mental health challenges runs through the course.

Accessible at this time to Gold and Lifetime donors on request as well as any prospective applicant or current student who qualifies for "scholarship access".

 

[AZDev]

Some light reading: http://www.ahead-archive.org/uploads/publications/JPED/jped28_3/JPED28_3_Final.pdf

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Old article: Case Western Reserve University medical student overcomes disability to become a pediatric surgeon: Michael K. McIntyre's Tipoff