Getting comfortable with disability: The short- and long-term effects of a clinical encounter.

Background: Physicians report discomfort when interacting with patients with disabilities, which can negatively impact the quality of healthcare they provide.

Objective/hypothesis: An intervention structured around a formative clinical encounter was assessed for its effectiveness in changing comfort towards treating patients with disabilities. It was predicted that this encounter would have a positive short- and long-term impact on medical students.

What should we teach about disability? National consensus on disability competencies for health care education.

Background: Health care providers are unprepared to meet the health needs of patients who have disabilities. Disability training is needed, yet there is little agreement about what should be taught.

Objective: Establish a national consensus on what healthcare providers across disciplines need to know to provide quality care to patients with all types of disabilities (e.

Caregiving in the shadows: National analysis of health outcomes and intensity and duration of care among those who care for people with mental illness and for people with developmental disabilities.

Background: The health impacts of caring for people with mental illness (MI) and developmental disabilities (DD) are not well understood.

Objective: The present study explored whether health outcomes differed between MI and DD caregivers, and if intensity and duration of care moderated health outcomes.

Methods: Nationally representative 2016 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey data were used to explore how caring for people with MI (n = 1071) and DD (n = 888) impacted general health status and physical and mental health days, and whether intensity and duration of care moderated health outcomes.