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Today we cover the 2021 article, Effect of Disability-Specific Education on Student Attitudes Toward People With Disabilities by authors: Khalid Alahmari, Kanagaraj Rengaramanujam, Ravi Shankar Reddy, Paul Silvian Samuel, Irshad Ahmad, Venkata Nagaraj Kakaraparthi, and Jaya Shanker Tedla.

This study is the first study in Saudi Arabia to look at the attitudinal effects of disability training amongst final-year health sciences students. The study also explored whether demographic variables, health sciences field, or exposure to disability had an effect on students’ attitude change—or lack thereof. The investigators found a statistically significant change in the attitude scores of students from fields that generally involve greater patient contact.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1090198121995774.

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Keywords:

Saudi Arabia

Disability Education

Disability attitudes

Disability Competency

Healthcare training

Medical training

Care work

Chronic Illness

Disability terminology

Disability studies

Social model

Medical model

Health Sciences

Medical Education