Disabilities

People with disabilities are subject to health care disparities, making them a vulnerable population within the U.S. health care system. Medical students have documented deficiencies in their knowledge about people with disabilities and their ability to care for these patients.

With the UB Division of General Internal Medicine and community stakeholders, we’re researching a curriculum that addresses these deficiencies.

Our curriculum spans all four years of predoctoral medical education, using experiential learning activities to teach medical students how to care for people with disabilities knowledgeably, skillfully and sensitively. We’ve designed it as a model for applying principles of medical professionalism.

No current funded projects with this as the primary focus area.