Student-Led Workshop on Disability Advocacy

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• Alternative Title:
  Am J Phys Med Rehabil
• Personal Author:
  Piasecki-Masters, Colette ; Newcomb, Nora ; Smeltz, Lydia ; Bresier, Valerie ; Rubenstein, Dana ; Ankam, Nethra ; Turk, Margaret A.
• Description:
  Medical students can be powerful advocates for and in partnership with the disability community, yet opportunities for targeted advocacy training are sparse. In February 2023, a medical student-led workshop on disability advocacy for trainees took place at the Association of Academic Physiatrists' Annual Conference. The aims of this session were for trainees to (1) identify existing gaps in disability education at their institution and in policy around disability-related issues; (2) improve perceived ability to engage in disability-related education and policy-based advocacy; and (3) apply an intersectional lens to identify opportunities for intersectionality in disability advocacy. Presession and postsession responses were anonymously submitted via Qualtrics. Of 31 presurvey respondents, 18 responded to the postsurvey, and 12 were identified as having matching unique identifiers. After the workshop, participants overall were more likely to report being very/somewhat confident about their ability to identify gaps in disability education at their institution (75.0% vs. 100.0%, P = 0.011), policy around disability-related issues (41.7% vs. 100.0%, P < 0.006), and opportunities for intersectionality in disability advocacy (33.3% vs. 91.7%, P < 0.015). Participants were more likely to report being very/somewhat confident in engaging in education-based advocacy (58.3% vs. 100.0%, P = 0.006), policy-based advocacy (16.7% vs. 91.7%, P < 0.002), and intersectional disability advocacy (41.7% vs. 91.7%, P < 0.006). All attendees strongly/somewhat agreed with the statements "I hope that this session will continue in future years" and "I think that other trainees would benefit from a similar course." This session was shown to effectively meet the intended goals of the program.
• Subjects:
  Disabled Persons Education Female Humans Male Patient Advocacy Physical And Rehabilitation Medicine Students, Medical
• Keywords:
  Advocacy Disability Medical Students Physiatry Rehabilitation Trainees
• Source:
  Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 103(10):e141-e144
• Pubmed ID:
  38466163
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC11366036
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  TL1 TR002555/TR/NCATS NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U19 DD001218/DD/NCBDD CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  103
• Issue:
  10
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
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  urn:sha-512:c8e6eb513b5875c26de240a71c4416ff5389a9d0f4bd867e65e782a8cbbf122e5acaa1e3ce1f93ffc6b559dc83c52b73f779b47f531eaa4f0ce1ae9876a47721
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