How medical students, their teachers, and school administrators understand disability
appears connected to ongoing, unequal access to medical education for disabled people …

Background Graduate medical education (GME) institutions must ensure equal access for
trainees with disabilities through appropriate and reasonable accommodations and policies …

Background Academic medicine needs more diverse leadership from racial/ethnic
minorities, women, people with disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ physicians. Longitudinal …

Objectives Individuals with disabilities experience significant health care disparities due to a
multitude of barriers to effective care, which include a lack of adequate physician training on …

Students and clinicians with disabilities are underrepresented in the academic health
programs and professional clinical settings. Disability studies foregrounds the unique ways …

Background While 26% of US adults are disabled, only 3.1 to 9.3% of practicing physicians
report having a disability. Ableism within medical training and practice diminishes physician …

With the increasing number of medical students diagnosed with adult ADHD, residency
programs face an imperative task to handle accommodations effectively. As medical …

People with disabilities constitute a marginalized population who experience significant
health care disparities resulting from structural, socioeconomic, and attitudinal barriers to …

Background Deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) people are an underserved population and
underrepresented among healthcare professionals. A major barrier to success for DHH …

The population of people with physical or sensory disabilities is growing, yet they are
underrepresented in the medical and other health professions. At the same time, there is a …