1. How are medical students learning to care for patients with intellectual disabilities? A scoping review
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Anderson, Hana and Studer, Amy C
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Cognitive and Computational Psychology ,Health Services and Systems ,Health Sciences ,Psychology ,Brain Disorders ,Mental Health ,Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) ,8.1 Organisation and delivery of services ,7.3 Management and decision making ,Generic health relevance ,Quality Education ,Humans ,Intellectual Disability ,Clinical Competence ,Curriculum ,Students ,Medical ,Education ,Medical ,core competencies on disability for health care education ,curriculum ,developmental disability ,intellectual disability ,medical students ,scoping review ,Social Work ,Cognitive Sciences ,Rehabilitation ,Health services and systems ,Applied and developmental psychology ,Clinical and health psychology - Abstract
BackgroundIndividuals with intellectual disabilities experience barriers to quality healthcare. To reduce this disparity, equipping medical trainees with the knowledge and skills required for treating this patient population is critical. Our aim is to describe the breadth of instructional interventions and identify gaps in intellectual disability medical education curricula.MethodUsing scoping review methods, the intellectual disability programmes described in 27 articles were evaluated and their coverage of the six core competencies on disability for health care education was examined.ResultsThe most frequently represented core competencies were disability conceptual frameworks, professionalism and communication, and clinical assessment, which were, in most programmes, fulfilled by activities involving individuals with intellectual disabilities. Uneven competency coverage warrants consideration.ConclusionsConsiderable variabilities exist in medical school curricula on intellectual disabilities. Using core competencies on disability for health care education for curricular design and evaluation would provide a coherent training experience in this important area.
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- 2024