A call for disability health curricula in medical schools. Issue 12 (December 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ratakonda, Sanjana; Argersinger, Davis P.; Auchus, Gabriella C.; McGowan, Caroline; Ship, Hannah; Wang, David R.; McKee, Michael M.
• Is Part Of: Trends in molecular medicine. Volume 28:Issue 12(2022)
• Page Start: 1012
• Page End: 1015
• Publication Date: 2022-12
• Subjects: disability health -- medical education -- disabilities; Molecular biology -- Periodicals; Pathology, Molecular -- Periodicals; Physiology, Pathological -- Periodicals; 572.8
• DOI: 10.1016/j.molmed.2022.08.004
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1471-4914

Abstract

Abstract : People with disabilities encounter significant health and health-care inequities yet disability health training in medical education remains inadequate. This Scientific Life article examines the need to integrate disability health education into medical school curricula and shares successful training examples that can serve as a framework for how to accomplish this.