Background: Ensuring the strength of the physician workforce is essential to optimizing
patient care. Challenges that undermine the profession include inequities in advancement …

Introduction Technical standards document US medical school's nonacademic criteria
necessary for admission, persistence, and graduation and communicate the school's …

Medical education programs profess commitments to justice, equity, and inclusion, seeking
to diversify the profession and better serve patient populations. Although disability has more …

Purpose Physician diversity improves care for underserved populations, yet there are few
physicians with disabilities. The authors examined the availability of technical standards …

Despite inclusive rhetoric, disabled peoples' participation in the Health and Human Service
(HHS) professions remains limited. This study explores the perspectives of individuals in the …

The medical profession first addressed the need for technical standards (TS), defining the
nonacademic requirements deemed essential for participation in an educational program, in …

Students with sensory and physical disabilities are underrepresented in medical schools
despite the availability of assistive technologies and accommodations. Unfortunately, many …

Physicians with Disabilities and the Physician Workforce: A... : American Journal of Physical
Medicine & Rehabilitation Physicians with Disabilities and the Physician Workforce: A Need to …

Purpose To determine the nature and frequency of impairments and related underlying
conditions of medical students with physical and sensory disabilities (PSDs), and to assess …

Abstract In this Invited Commentary, the authors use personal experiences to highlight how
obstacles for qualified candidates with physical disabilities persist in medical education …