A stakeholder-engaged approach to disability in medical education

Although people with disabilities (PWD) comprise a marginalised population that experiences ongoing disparities in health care access and outcomes, dedicated attention to improving care for PWD is not always provided in medical school curricula. In 2019, disability education stakeholders promulgated a set of core competencies for health professions students, including knowledge of conceptual frameworks of disability, a clinical approach informed by patient-centred communication and skilled coordination of services to optimise health and quality of life. Students in our medical school's science-focused curriculum track were lacking explicit education to foster development of these competencies.