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Product

Creating a diverse healthcare workforce from the inside out: identifying disability-related barriers and creating accommodations in health education

Center:

AK-Center for Human Development, UCEDD/LEND

Fiscal Year:

2023

Contact Information:

Sondra LeClair
[email protected]
907-264-6245

Product Description:

This poster, created by members of the University of Alaska AADMD Student Club with support from their UCEDD staff advisor, describes a project to identify potential barriers and facilitators for people with disabilities to obtain education in the healthcare field. The goal of the project is to use survey recommendations to decrease barriers, augment facilitators, and increase the public health workforce in the future with a focus on more health care providers with disabilities.

Keyword(s):

healthcare, workforce, education

Product/Publication Type(s):

Conference presentations and posters presented

Target Audience:

Professionals, Students

Alternative Format:

To Obtain Copies (URL or Email):

[email protected]

COVID-19 Related Data:

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