HEALTH: An innovative clerkship module focused on patients with disabilities

2012

Susan M. Havercamp
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Lack of medical training results in physicians being unprepared to provide care to people with disabilities, and this contributes to the substantial health disparities that are evident in this population. Few medical schools or primary care residencies address the care of adults with disabilities. Competencies and guidelines to assist American physicians in caring for patients with physical or intellectual disabilities have yet to be established. This article describes one novel training module regarding people with disabilities that was developed at USF and inserted into the primary care clerkship during a major curriculum redesign in 2005. Since then, all USF third-year medical students have been required to participate in this disability-related course component.

education, medical students, clerkship, module, disabilities

Peer-reviewed publications in scholarly journals Published/In Press

Professionals, Students

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