1. Enhancing comfort of resident physicians treating adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities by facilitating meaningful interactions
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Jessica Solomon Sanders, Kathryn Williams, Darcy Thompson, and Hannah F. Shapiro
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medical education ,developmental disability ,residency ,intellectual disability ,graduate medical education ,Medicine (General) ,R5-920 - Abstract
BackgroundMany physicians feel uncomfortable caring for patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). While some residency training programs include lecture content on IDD, few provide structured experiences with individuals with IDD. One strategy for improving comfort is “contact theory:” increasing interactions with “dissimilar” people can lead to decreased negative attitudes toward that population.ObjectiveEvaluate the impact of an interactive session on resident physicians’ comfort with adults with IDD.MethodsSmall groups of resident physicians and artists with IDD collaborated on art projects during the noon conference. A prospective pre-post-intervention survey, including the validated Interaction with Disabled Persons Scale (IDP), evaluated residents’ comfort with patients with IDD before and after the session.Results53 residents completed both pre- and post-conference surveys. Mean IDP scores decreased from 78.7 (10.9) to 75.8 (9.5; p
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- 2024
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