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Karl, Renee; McGuigan, Denise; Withiam-Leitch, Matthew L.; Akl, Elie A.; Symons, Andrew B. – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2013
There is evidence that early and frequent encounters with people with disabilities can improve medical students' knowledge, skills, and attitudes about disability. As part of a 4-year integrated curriculum in caring for patients with disabilities, third-year medical students ("n" ?=? 144) in a Family Medicine clerkship participated…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Medical Students, Medical Education, Attitudes toward Disabilities
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Wilkinson, Joanne; Dreyfus, Deborah; Cerreto, Mary; Bokhour, Barbara – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2012
Primary care physicians who care for adults with intellectual disability often lack experience with the population, and patients with intellectual disability express dissatisfaction with their care. Establishing a secure primary care relationship is particularly important for adults with intellectual disability, who experience health disparities…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Grounded Theory, Mental Retardation, Patients