Prevalence of Persons with Disability Enrolled in Undergraduate Medical Schools in Brazil, 2019

CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of PWD medical students in Brazil is low, and is dominated by students with physical and sensory disabilities but lacks the deaf-blind. Despite the existence of legal regulations favoring PWD to study medicine, some medical schools have not done adequate adjustments to accommodate them. This suggests that affirmative policies for the inclusion of PWD in higher education, particularly in medicine, still need improvement.PMID:37901758 | PMC:PMC10611937 | DOI:10.30476/JAMP.2023.99332.1840

Source: Adv Data - October 30, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Maria Nascimento Rhian Torres Amanda Horochovski Bruno Birmann Bruno Takahara Luis Souza Klynsman Ribeiro Billy McBenedict Source Type: research