Webinar on Oct 24:
Medical Professionals with Disabilities
According to the American Medical Association (AMA), nearly 20
percent of Americans have disabilities, yet professional students in key
health fields and health care providers with disabilities still encounter
serious barriers throughout their training and careers – barriers that
reflect the challenges too many Americans with disabilities still face in
accessing health care that others take for granted.
In observance of National
Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM), ACL is
hosting a webinar on October 24, 2018 at 3pm ET with medical
professionals with disabilities who are flipping the script and working to
enhance inclusion of people with disabilities by working to improve health
care training curricula and increase the access to and quality of health
care for people with disabilities.
The webinar will include discussion of cultural competency,
accessibility & inclusion in medical education, as well as the stigma
that surrounds employment of medical professionals with disabilities.
Speakers include:
- Lisa I. Iezzoni, MD, MSC,
Harvard Medical School
- Neera Jain, PhD Candidate,
University of Auckland
- Karen McCulloh, RN,
Founder, National Organization of Nurses with Disabilities
- Michael McKee, MD, MPH,
University of Michigan
Note: Registration closes one hour before the event begins.
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