Episode 94: Shaping the Future: A Live Panel on Disability Inclusion in Canadian Medical Education at ICAM 2024
Release Date: 06/16/2024
Episode 129: Disclosure Part 3: Creating the Conditions for Disclosure
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Part 3: Creating the Conditions for Disclosure What makes disability disclosure feel safe, supported, and meaningful in healthcare? In the final episode of the Disclosureseries, we move beyond the barriers to examine the conditions that allow disclosure to lead to access, trust, and belonging. Through the perspectives of medical students, physician assistant students, fellows, physicians, and educators, this episode explores how institutional systems, responsive accommodations, inclusive leadership, and everyday acts of advocacy shape disclosure experiences across medical training and...
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Episode 128: The Disclosure Series, Part 2: Medical Culture, Stigma, and What Prevents Disclosure
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Series Description Disclosure is a three-part podcast series from the Docs with Disabilities Podcast that examines one of the most personal and consequential decisions disabled healthcare providers make: whether, when, and how to disclose a disability. Through the voices of medical students, residents, practicing physicians, psychologists, nurses, researchers, legal scholars, and disability advocates, the series explores disclosure as an ongoing process shaped by identity, institutional culture, ableism, and power. Blending lived experience with research and policy, the series challenges...
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Episode 127: The Disclosure Series, Part 1: The Decision to Disclose
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Series Description Disclosure is a three-part podcast series from the Docs with Disabilities Podcast that examines one of the most personal and consequential decisions disabled healthcare providers make: whether, when, and how to disclose a disability. Through the voices of medical students, residents, practicing physicians, psychologists, nurses, researchers, legal scholars, and disability advocates, the series explores disclosure as an ongoing process shaped by identity, institutional culture, ableism, and power. Blending lived experience with research and policy, the series challenges...
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Episode 126: Evidence to Action: Live Panel at ICAM 2026
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From Evidence to Action: Incorporating Disability Inclusion in Medical Training and Practice (ICAM 2026) Session Description The ICAM Series | Recorded Live at the International Congress on Academic Medicine (ICAM) What does it take to move disability inclusion from research and policy into everyday medical training and practice? Recorded live at the International Congress on Academic Medicine (ICAM) in Ottawa, Canada, this special episode of the Docs With Disabilities Podcast brings together an extraordinary panel of physician leaders, educators, and advocates working to transform disability...
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Episode 125: The Call is Coming From Inside the House
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Interviewees: Neera Jain, PhD — Senior Lecturer, Centre for Medical and Health Sciences Education, Waipapa Taumata Rau, The University of Auckland Hannah Kakara Anderson, PhD, MBA — Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania Abigail (Abby) Konoposky, PhD— Director of Medical Education Research, Department of Psychiatry, Northwell Interviewer: Lisa Meeks, PhD, MA — Professor of Medical Education, The University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago; Host, the Docs With Disabilities Podcast Description: In this...
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Episode 124: Mapping the Landscape of Technical Standards: A Nationwide Review of Medical Schools
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Interviewees: Carol Haywood, PhD, OTR/L — Assistant Professor, Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Chris Moreland, MD, MPH — Professor of Internal Medicine; Division Chief for Hospital Medicine; Interim Associate Chair for Faculty Affairs and Development, Dell Medical School (Comments made in ASL and voiced through interpreters) Interviewer: Lisa Meeks, PhD, MA — Guest Editor, Academic Medicine Supplement on Disability Inclusion in Undergraduate Medical Education Description: In this episode of Stories Behind the Science, we sit down with Dr....
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Episode 123: Evaluating Disability-Inclusive Content on U.S. Medical Schools’ Websites: A National Study
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Episode 123: Evaluating Disability-Inclusive Content on U.S. Medical Schools’ Websites—A National Study Interviewees: Ifeoma Ikedionwu, MD — Psychiatry and Internal Medicine Dual Intern, UT Southwestern Dominique Cook — Fourth-Year Medical Student, University of South Florida Interviewer: Lisa Meeks, PhD, MA — Guest Editor, Academic Medicine Supplement on Disability Inclusion in Undergraduate Medical Education Description: In this episode of Stories Behind the Science, Dr. Lisa Meeks sits down with Dr. Ifeoma Ikedionwu and Dominique Cook, co-authors of the first national study...
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Episode 122: Clinical Accommodations in Undergraduate Medical Education
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Interviewees: Matthew Sullivan, PhD, Assistant Director of Disability Resources, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis Suchita “Suchi” Rastogi, PhD. MPH Candidate, University of Illinois Chicago; CEO, Disability in Medicine Mutual Mentorship Program Interviewer: Lisa Meeks, PhD, MA, Guest Editor, Academic Medicine Supplement on Disability Inclusion in Undergraduate Medical Education Description: In this episode of Stories Behind the Science, Dr. Lisa Meeks talks with Matt Sullivan (Washington University School of Medicine) and Suchita “Suchi” Rastogi (UIC; DM3P) about...
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Episode 121: Promoting Disability Inclusion Through an Expanded Conceptual Framework of the Learning Environment
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Interviewee: Erick Hung, MD, Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Associate Dean for Students, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine Interviewer: Lisa Meeks, PhD, MA, Guest Editor, Academic Medicine Supplement on Disability Inclusion in Undergraduate Medical Education Description: In this episode of Stories Behind the Science, Dr. Lisa Meeks talks with Dr. Erick Hung (UCSF) about his paper, “Promoting Disability Inclusion Through an Expanded Conceptual Framework of the Learning Environment,” part of the Academic Medicine supplement on Disability Inclusion in UME. Their...
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Episode 120: The Intersection of Disability, Race, Ethnicity, and Financial Background on Food Insecurity Among Medical Students
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Interviewee: Bassel Shanab, BS is a fourth-year medical student at the Yale School of Medicine. Interviewer: Lisa Meeks, PhD, MA, Guest Editor, Academic Medicine Supplement on Disability Inclusion in UME. Description: This episode of Stories Behind the Science sits down with Bassel Shanab (Yale School of Medicine), co-first author of “The Intersection of Disability, Race, Ethnicity, and Financial Background on Food Insecurity Among Medical Students,” part of the Academic Medicine supplement on Disability Inclusion in UME. We move beyond prevalence rates to the lived realities...
info_outlineInterviewer: Lisa Meeks
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Dr. Lynn Ashdown
Dr. Quinten Clarke
Dr. Jerry M. Maniate
Dr. Franco Rizzuti
Description:
In this episode of the "Docs with Disabilities" podcast, co-host Lisa Meeks brings together a panel of doctors with disabilities to discuss their experiences navigating the medical field. The panel, recorded live from the 2024 International Congress on Academic Medicine (ICAM) in Vancouver, British Columbia, focuses on disability inclusion in Canadian medical education.
The panelists include Drs. Jerry Maniate, Franco Rizzuti, Lynn Ashdown, and Quinten Clark, who share their personal journeys and insights into the challenges and benefits of being a doctor with a disability. They discuss the critical work being done to advance disability inclusion in the medical field in Canada, emphasizing the importance of advocacy, education, and policy development to create a more inclusive and equitable healthcare system.
The panelists highlight the need for a shift towards a strength-based approach and away from the traditional medical model of disability. They emphasize the importance of creating safe spaces for open dialogue, building community support, and fostering a culture of vulnerability and curiosity.
The role of organizations like the Canadian Association of Physicians with Disabilities (CAPD) is also discussed, highlighting the importance of community building, knowledge sharing, and advocacy for individuals with disabilities in the medical field. The panelists stress the need for EDI leaders to support initiatives like CAPD and prioritize accessibility and inclusion for all individuals in training and practice.
Overall, the episode showcases the power of community, collaboration, and advocacy in advancing disability inclusion in the medical field, and highlights the ongoing efforts to create a more inclusive and supportive environment for doctors with disabilities.
Keywords: medical education, disability, doctors with disabilities, Canadian healthcare, disability inclusion, DEI, ableism, Canada, PGY, Canadian Federation of Medical Students, Ontario Legislature, Canadian Medical Association, CSA standards, Accreditation Canada, Canadian Association of Physicians with Disabilities (CAPD), community building
Produced by:Dr. Lisa Meeks
Audio editor: Jacob Feeman
Digital Media: Katie Sullivan