Resolution: S-21-13: INCREASING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS REGARDING CARING FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL AND/OR DEVELOPMENTAL

[Valerie Lile]

WHEREAS, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), created on July 26, 1990, defines a disability or an individual with a disability as, “a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, a person who has a history or record of such an impairment, or a person who is perceived by others as having such an impairment⁷;” and

WHEREAS, the World Health Organization (WHO) states that as of 2018, 15% of the world’s population (over 1 billion people) live with a disability²; and

WHEREAS, 12.6% or 40,637,764 people in the United States live with a disability¹⁰; and

WHEREAS, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that one in four American (61 million) adults has a disability ³; and

WHEREAS, individuals with disabilities are more likely to report having limited access to adequate health care⁴; and

WHEREAS, “Health disparities and secondary conditions can be the result of inaccessible health care facilities and equipment, lack of knowledge among health professionals about specific differences among people with disabilities, transportation difficulties, and higher poverty rates among people with disabilities⁴”; and

WHEREAS, “47.2 percent of adults with disabilities aged 18 years and over experienced delays in receiving primary and periodic preventive care due to specific barriers in 2009⁹”; and

WHEREAS, “76.8 percent of adults with disabilities aged 18 years and over experienced physical or program barriers that limit or prevent them from using available local health and wellness programs in 2011⁹”; and

WHEREAS, in a study completed by the Center for Disability Issues and the Health Professions, 18.7% of the physicians surveyed were unaware of the ADA in its entirety ⁸; and

WHEREAS, 72.4% of physicians reported the need for more training on working with individuals with disabilities ⁸; and

WHEREAS, the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) passed policy H211-A/18 DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES – DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT CURRICULUM ON THE CARE OF PEOPLE WITH stating that, “The American Osteopathic Association (AOA) reaffirms the ideals set in the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and encourages osteopathic medical schools to develop and implement curricula on the care of people with developmental disabilities.⁶”; and

WHEREAS, the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) passed policy H206-A/17 DISABILITY DETERMINATIONS stating that, “The American Osteopathic Association supports education, training, and involvement of osteopathic physicians and medical students in the discipline of disability determinations. 2002; reaffirmed 2007; amended and reaffirmed 2012; 2017⁵”; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, that the Student Osteopathic Medical Association (SOMA) conducts research in the form of a survey to investigate both the knowledge and perceived competency of osteopathic medical students in working with patients with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities; and be it further

RESOLVED, that SOMA creates programming through the Health Disparities chair to aid in educating medical students on caring for patients with disabilities by creating programming at National SOMA conferences, celebrating the passage of the ADA or by including programming as part of the SOMA Advocacy calendar.

 

Relevant Policy:

APA H206-A/17 DISABILITY DETERMINATIONS

AOA H211-A/18 DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES – DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT CURRICULUM ON THE CARE OF PEOPLE WITH

SOMA S-20-28 INCORPORATING EDUCATION REGARDING INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES (I/DD) WITHIN OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL SCHOOL CURRICULA AND CONTINUING MEDICAL SCHOOL EDUCATION

References

1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2020, September 16). Disability Inclusion. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/disabilityandhealth/disability-inclusion.html.
2. (n.d.). Retrieved January 26, 2021, from https://www.who.int/health-topics/disability#tab=tab_1

3. Disability Impacts All of Us Infographic | CDC. (2019, March 8). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/disabilityandhealth/infographic-disability-impacts-all.html
4. Disability and Health Information for Healthcare Providers | CDC. (2020, September 15). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/disabilityandhealth/hcp.html (https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/disabilityandhealth/hcp.html)
5. H206-A/17 DISABILITY DETERMINATIONS. (2017). Retrieved February 12, 2021, from http://policysearch.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/H206-A2017-DISABILITY-DETERMINATIONS.pdf
6. H211-A/18 DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES – DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT CURRICULUM ON THE CARE OF PEOPLE WITH. (2018). Retrieved February 12, 2021, from http://policysearch.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/H211-A2018-DEVELOPMENTAL-DISABILITIES-CURRICULUM-ON-THE-CARE-OF-PEOPLE.pdf
7. Introduction to the ADA. (n.d.). Retrieved January 26, 2021, from https://www.ada.gov/ada_intro.htm

8. Larson McNeal, M. A., Ph.D., Carrothers, L., Ph.D, & Premo, B., MA. (2020, Fall). Providing Primary Health Care for People with Physical Disabilities: A Survey of California Physicians. Retrieved February 12, 2021, from http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download;jsessionid=A21DF1D906DBB755DDAB859249FF026C?doi=10.1.1.189.5390&rep=rep1&type=pdf
9. S. Department of Health and Human Service. (2017). Disability and Health. Disability and Health | Healthy People 2020.           https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/disability-and-health/national-snapshot.
10. 3 United States Census Bureau. (2018). 2018: ACS 1-Year Estimates Subject Tables (No. S1810). https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=disability&t=Disability&tid=ACSST1Y2018.S1810&hidePreview=true

Submitted by:

Katie Lepak, OMS II- MU-COM
Nicole Griffin, OMS II- MU-COM
Nicholas Schieldt, OMS I- MWU-CCOM

 Action Taken: [Leave Blank. Will be Approved by the House of Delegates or NotApproved.]

Date:

Effective Time Period: (If this resolution represents a permanent change, declare “Ongoing“. If the resolution is of a short-term nature, specify a date that this resolution could be removed from the Policies Section since the resolution would no longer be in effect.)

 

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