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Interviewees: Cleveland Clinic Group - Craig Nielsen MD (Clinical Leadership), Stacie Jhaveri MD, Diane Young MD (OB-GYN clerkship), Theresa Papich (4th year medical student). Description: This is a story about what happens when everything goes well and when creativity and a can do attitude lead the discussion. Today, we are talking with a team of OB-GYN clerkship, residency and clinical leaders from Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, and Theresa Papich, a 4th year medical school student who is a wheelchair user. Throughout our...
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Interviewee: Dr. Joanna Turner Bisgrove Interviewer: Dr. Peter Poullos Description: Today, we are joined by Dr. Joanna Turner Bisgrove. Dr. Bisgrove is a family medicine physician, Assistant Professor in Family Medicine at Rush University Medical Center, and the inaugural chair for the American Medical Association's Disability Advisory Group. Dr. Bisgrove has been involved in healthcare policy for several years and is a staunch advocate for disability inclusion. In this episode, she shares her story as a person with a disability, discusses her leadership at Rush University and in...
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Interviewee: Amy Rule, MD, MPH, FAAP Interviewer: Lisa Meeks, PhD, MA Description: In this episode we are joined by neonatal and pediatric hospitalist and academic pediatrician Dr. Amy Rule. In this episode, Dr. Rule talks about navigating the academic experience of medical school as a person with disabilities, her experiences in medical school and residency, how her disability impacts her work as a pediatrician and parenting a child with a disability. Resources: Bio: Dr. Amy Rule is a pediatric and neonatal hospitalist and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Emory/CHOA and the...
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Description: This 'bonus' listen of our Research and Resource Rounds covering the article, “The Evolution of Disability Language: Choosing Terms to Describe Disability” and authored, in part, by Dr. Ayers, is offered here as a bonus episode to Dr. Kara Ayers interview on our main podcast. In this article the authors enumerate a series of models used to conceptualize disability and the terminology associated with each model. They provide in-depth explorations of person-first and identity-first language, recommend avoiding euphemisms, and argue against the language restrictions imposed by...
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Interviewee: Dr. Kara Ayers Interviewer: Peter Poullos, MD Description: In this episode, Dr. Peter Poullos interview Dr. Kara Ayers disability researcher and associate director of the University of Cincinnati University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities. Together they discuss advocacy work, interprofessional collaboration, the language we use when describing marginalized communities and how ableism impacts the health outcomes and safety of our patients. Resources: (1) (2) (3) @ThinkEquitable Bio: Dr. Kara Ayers is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at...
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Interviewee: Rasheera Dopson, MPH Interviewer: Peter Poullos, MD Description: Today, we are joined by public health researcher and disability advocate Ms. Rasheera Dopson. In this episode, Ms. Dopson and Dr. Poullos discuss the interactions between disability and chronic illness, how the experience with disability and the healthcare system changes throughout different life stages, and the intersection of race, gender, and disability . Bio: Rasheera Dopson, MPH is a motivational speaker, podcaster, author, D.E.I.A. consultant, and qualitative researcher at the National Center of...
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Description: In this BIPOC II episode, Dr. Lisa Meeks is joined by Dr. Kruti Shah, a Clinical Operations Pharmacist at Rush University Medical Center. Being a woman of color and having a disability of hearing loss, Dr. Shah is a passionate advocate for Disability, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Rush. Dr. Shah and Dr. Meeks discuss how her upbringing shaped her evolving perceptions of her own disability, the ways in which her formative experiences have informed her work advocating for patients, and her hopes to empower future generations of disabled communities. Bio: Kruti Parikh...
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Description: In this episode, Dr. Meeks interviews New York Times best-selling author, pediatrician, and Boston Children’s Pediatric simulation center director, Dr. Jennifer Arnold. Together, they discuss the elevated standards placed on disabled students, the role disabled physicians play in empowering their patients, and the value of disability education in health care. Interviewees: Dr. Jennifer Arnold (personal website: ) Interviewer: Dr. Lisa Meeks Producer: Gabe Abrams Key words: medical education, physical disability, accommodations, residency, pediatrics,...
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Description: In this episode, Dr. Meeks, Dr. Troung, and Dr. Charnsangavej discuss the residency accommodation system from multiple perspectives, the importance of team-wide support in GME to ensure access for doctors with disabilities, and the value disabled doctors bring to health care. Interviewees: Dr. Uyen Troung, and Dr. Nalinda Charnsangavej Interviewer: Dr. Lisa Meeks Producer: Gabe Abrams Key words: medical education, physical disability, disability research, accommodations, wheelchair, SCI, medical technology, residency, pediatrics, program director, GME, GME...
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Description: In this episode, we are joined by emergency medicine physician, and DIO, Dr. Anne Messman for a conversation about disability disclosure, seeking and receiving accommodations, and creating inclusive and welcoming spaces for trainees. Interviewee: Dr. Anne Messman Interviewer: Dr. Lisa Meeks Producer: Sofia Scholzman Key Words: Non-apparent disabilty, GME, Emergency Medicine, Invisible disability, DocsWithDisabilities, MS, Multiple Sclerosis, Medical Education, Residents, Residency, DIO, Disability, Bias, DIO, Accommodations. Bio: Dr. Anne Messman is an emergency...
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Today, we are joined by two guests and namesakes, Drs. Heather Feldner and Heather Evans, both from the University of Washington, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine . In their conversation with Dr. Pete Poullos, Dr. Evans and Dr. Feldner discuss their arrival to disability studies scholarship at the University of Washington, the curious and impactful forms that their work has taken as products of inter-departmental collaboration, and their visions for a medical education that is more cognizant of and that actively centers the dynamic, lived experiences of those with disabilities.
Interviewees: Drs. Heather Feldner and Heather Evans
Interviewer: Dr. Peter Poullos
Producer: Nicole Kim
Key words: medical education, physical disability, disability research, accommodations, chronic illness, mental health, crip theory
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Dr. Feldner is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, core faculty in the Disability Studies Program, and an Associate Director of the Center for Research and Education on Accessible Technology and Experiences (CREATE) at the University of Washington.
Dr. Feldner's research is centered at the intersection of mobility, disability, and technology in two primary areas, including perceptions of disability and identity and how these emerge and evolve through technology use, and in the design and implementation of pediatric mobility technology, considering how attitudes and the built environment affect equity and participation. She also focuses on how disability can be further integrated into intersectional Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives, particularly in health professions education. Her current work incorporates multidisciplinary, mixed methods, and participatory approaches drawing from her background as a pediatric physical therapist, doctoral work in disability studies, and postdoctoral research in in mechanical engineering.
Heather D. Evans is a socio-legal scholar who focuses on the ways in which institutions such as the law, higher education, and the medical field interact with marginalized populations. She has conducted statistical analyses, ethnographic fieldwork, and evaluation research. Heather’s current work is in the field of Critical Disability Studies examining disclosure, identity management, and workplace accommodations among people with physical, mental, and sensory differences that are not readily apparent. She is also committed to community based research and does consulting work for local social justice organizations, primarily focusing on disparities within the criminal justice system. Heather earned a Ph.D. in Sociology at the University of Washington and teaches courses in the Department of Sociology; Disability Studies Program; and the Law, Societies & Justice Department at UW. She joined the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at UW in 2021 as an Acting Assistant Professor and Research Director for the Northwest ADA Center.
Resources: http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fresc.2022.947592/full?&utm_source=Email_to_authors_&utm_medium=Email&utm_content=T1_11.5e1_author&utm_campaign=Email_publication&field=&journalName=Frontiers_in_Rehabilitation [journal.frontiersin.org]