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Accommodating chronic health conditions in medical education
Author(s) -
Meeks Lisa M.,
Jain Neera R.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
disability compliance for higher education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1943-8001
pISSN - 1086-1335
DOI - 10.1002/dhe.30432
Subject(s) - accommodation , cognition , chronic pain , disease , chronic disease , psychology , medicine , physical therapy , family medicine , psychiatry , pathology , neuroscience
Many students with chronic health conditions successfully attend and graduate from medical school. The barriers students encounter are often related to symptom flares, which may occur suddenly and can be brought on by multiple factors. Flares may include a period of symptoms such as joint pain and stiffness, fatigue, headache, slowed cognitive processing, and gastrointestinal disruption. Students also live with the potential for disease progression that further impacts their health and functioning, creating uncertainty about future accommodation needs.