Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians as Disability Educators in Medical Schools: Rationale and Strategies for Success-Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians as Disability Educators in Medical Schools: Rationale and Strategies for Success

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians as Disability Educators in Medical Schools: Rationale and Strategies for Success

Back to course

Video Transcription

Video Summary

The video is a presentation on disability education in medical schools. The presenters discuss the importance of incorporating disability content into medical school curricula and provide strategies for doing so. They emphasize the need for physicians to be knowledgeable about disability and competent in providing care to individuals with disabilities. The presenters also highlight the role of stakeholders, including people with disabilities, medical educators, and medical students, in shaping disability education in medical schools. They discuss the competencies that should be covered in disability education, such as conceptual frameworks of disability, clinical care, effective communication, and advocacy. Additionally, they provide resources for further information, such as the Disability Integration Toolkit and the Core Competencies on Disability for Healthcare Education. Overall, the video emphasizes the importance of disability education and provides guidance on how to integrate it into medical school curricula.

Keywords

disability education

medical schools

curricula

physicians

care for individuals with disabilities

stakeholders

competencies in disability education

conceptual frameworks of disability

clinical care

effective communication

advocacy