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Join us for Part 2 of our conversation with Dr. Lisa Meeks, a leader on disabilities in medical education and our friend from the Docs with Disabilities podcast, which she founded and co-hosts. Dr. Meeks discusses the prevalence of disabilities across the training and career spectrum, the risks of disclosure that students and physicians with disabilities face, and the resources of which we should all be aware for ourselves and for those around us.
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Show Notes
Learning Objectives:
- Investigate the prevalence of disabilities among physicians at different stages of their training and careers.
- Recognize some of the challenges and risks associated with disclosure of one’s disability.
- Build awareness of the repository of reliable resources on physicians with disabilities, disability access, accommodations, and stories that one can utilize for themselves and share with trainees with disabilities who are looking for resources.
[0:00 - 2:30] Picking up from Last Episode, Prevalence of Disabilities in Physicians
- Welcome and Re-introduction of Dr. Lisa Meeks by Dr. Candace Sprott
- Discussion of Dr. Meeks’ JAMA network open paper
- Insights into the prevalence of disabilities among physicians and why the prevalence decreases from the training continuum into attending-hood.
[2:30 - 4:11] Risks of Disclosure
- Students with disabilities face risks to their safety when they disclose their disability.
[4:11 - 11:24] Responsibility of Coming up with Accommodations
- The burden of coming up with (and justifying their need for) accommodations is often placed on students with disabilities.
- Many students are met with skepticism.
- In some institutions, the ability of a student with a psychological disability to even become a physician is questioned the minute they disclose that diagnosis.
[11:24 - 14:50] Resources to Know are Available
- Docs With Disabilities Podcast
[14:50 - 16:25] Additional Resources
- Medical Students with Disability and Chronic Illness (MSDCI) www.msdci.org
- www.docswithdisabilities.org
[16:25 - 19:05] Allies vs Accomplices in Action
- “Being an ally is great. … but to become an accomplice, to use your privilege, to challenge the existing conditions, the inaccessibility - that's powerful.”
- When developing resources or events around disability awareness, don't forget to include people with disabilities in those conversations.
- Dr. Justin Bullock: “‘Yourself in All Your Forms’: A Grounded Theory Exploration of Identity Safety in Medical Students”
- Dr. Neera Jain: “Legibility: Knowing Disability in Medical Education Inclusion”
- Closing by Dr. Candace Sprott
Credits:
Guest: Dr. Lisa Meeks
Host: Dr. Candace Sprott
Executive Producer: Dr. Tammy Lin
Co-Executive Producers: Dr. Pooja Jaeel, Dr. Maggie Kozman
Associate Producer: Dr. Candace Sprott
Senior Producer: Dr. DJ Gaines
Production Assistants: Dr. Erynn Beeson, Dr. Andrea Anampa-Guzmán, Sanika Walimbe
Website/Art Design: Ann Truong
Music: Chris Dingman https://www.chrisdingman.com
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Additional Resources
- Association of American Medical Colleges. Accessibility, Inclusion, and Action in Medical Education: Lived Experiences of Learners and Physicians with Disabilities. 2018. [Internet]. [cited 2024 Feb 3]. Available from: https://store.aamc.org/accessibility-inclusion-and-action-in-medical-education-lived-experiences-of-learners-and-physicians-with-disabilities.html
- Nouri Z, Dill MJ, Conrad SS, Moreland CJ, Meeks LM. Estimated Prevalence of US Physicians With Disabilities. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Mar 1;4(3):e211254. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.1254. Erratum in: JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Apr 1;4(4):e2110025. Erratum in: JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Aug 1;5(8):e2232194. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2777420
- Bullock JL, Sukhera J, Del Pino-Jones A, Dyster TG, Ilgen JS, Lockspeiser TM, Teunissen PW, Hauer KE. 'Yourself in all your forms': A grounded theory exploration of identity safety in medical students. Med Educ. 2023 Jul 30. doi: 10.1111/medu.15174.
- Petersen KH, Jain NR, Case B, Jain S, Meeks LM. Impact of USMLE Step-1 accommodation denial on US medical schools: A national survey. PLoS One. 2022 Apr 14;17(4):e0266685. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0266685.
- Jain NR. Legibility: knowing disability in medical education inclusion. Adv Health Sci Educ Theory Pract. 2023 Jul 21. doi: 10.1007/s10459-023-10268-1
- DocsWithDisabilities Podcast | Family Medicine | Michigan Medicine. 2019. Available from: https://medicine.umich.edu/dept/family-medicine/programs/mdisability/community-building/docswithdisabilities-podcast
- Medical Students with Disability and Chronic Illness (MSDCI) Community. Advocacy. Education. https://msdci.org/
- Stanford Medicine Alliance for Disability Inclusion and Equity (SMADIE) https://med.stanford.edu/smadie.html