披露残疾:医学院申请人的障碍
Sarah Leah Solomon1, Aitan E Magence2, Harry Haran3
1Psychiatry Department, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America.
PloS one
|August 5, 2025
概括
医学院需要改善关于面试安排和残疾候选人的技术标准的沟通. 及早的信息共享和让残疾人资源专业人员参与提高了这些申请人的可访问性和结果.
科学领域:
- 医学教育 医学教育
- 关于残疾人的研究.
- 高等教育可访问性 高等教育可访问性
背景情况:
- 医学院招生流程必须为所有合格的候选人提供,包括残疾人.
- 确保关于适应程序和技术标准的清晰沟通对于公平获取至关重要.
- 之前的研究已经强调了高等教育中残疾候选人的支持服务的变化.
研究的目的:
- 评估住宿申请程序的可用性和可访问性,用于医学院招生面试.
- 评估LCME认可机构中残疾候选人的技术标准 (TS) 的可访问性.
- 确定在医学院申请过程中支持CWD的沟通缺口和最佳实践.
主要方法:
- 在美国和加拿大的LCME认可机构的入学和残疾人资源专业人员 (DRP) 院长进行了交叉研究.
- 关于2018-2019学年面试格式,适应程序和TS可访问性收集的数据.
- 71个机构的回答率为41.3%,调查完成率为56.3%.
主要成果:
- 只有38%的机构在面试前向CWD告知了适应程序;更新的程序显示了更好的申请者结果.
- 在申请人住宿,面试补助,录取和入学方面,在更新程序的机构之间观察到显著的差异 (p=0.005).
- 确定了关于招生人员参与住宿规划和CWD的文档要求的沟通缺口.
结论:
- 许多医疗机构在CWD的适应程序和技术标准方面表现出沟通不足.
- 及早通知适应程序和TS,以及利用DRP作为主要联系人,可以提高可访问性.
- 改善这些流程对于促进更具包容性和公平的医学院招生环境至关重要.
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