Docs With Disabilities

Interviewees:

Cleveland Clinic Group - Craig Nielsen MD (Clinical Leadership), Stacie Jhaveri MD,

Diane Young MD (OB-GYN clerkship), Theresa Papich (4th year medical student).

Description:

This is a story about what happens when everything goes well and when creativity and a can do attitude lead the discussion. Today, we are talking with a team of OB-GYN clerkship, residency and clinical leaders from Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, and Theresa Papich, a 4th year medical school student who is a wheelchair user. Throughout our conversation we discuss the accommodations employed to create equal access and the lessons learned along the way. Most importantly we'll talk with Theresa about how this experience felt for her and what she believes schools can do to improve access for learners with disabilities.

Transcript: https://bit.ly/DWDI_Podcast_Ep79

Produced by: Lisa Meeks and Tamar Faggen

Audio editor: Jacob Feeman

Digital Media: Katie Sullivan

Keywords: medical education, disability representation, doctors with disabilities, accessibility, disability mentorship, OB-GYN, clerkship, disability inclusion, wheelchair user, clinical accommodations, internal medicine

Website: https://www.docswithdisabilities.org/podcast

Interviewees: 

Cleveland Clinic Group - Craig Nielsen MD (Clinical Leadership), Stacie Jhaveri MD, 

Diane Young MD (OB-GYN clerkship), Theresa Papich (4th year medical student).

Description:

This is a story about what happens when everything goes well and when creativity and a can do attitude lead the discussion. Today, we are talking with a team of OB-GYN clerkship, residency and clinical leaders from Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, and Theresa Papich, a 4th year medical school student who is a wheelchair user. Throughout our conversation we discuss the accommodations employed to create equal access and the lessons learned along the way.  Most importantly we'll talk with Theresa about how this experience felt for her and what she believes schools can do to improve access for learners with disabilities.

Transcript: https://bit.ly/DWDI_Podcast_Ep79

Produced by: Lisa Meeks and Tamar Faggen

Audio editor: Jacob Feeman

Digital Media: Katie Sullivan

Keywords: medical education, disability representation, doctors with disabilities, accessibility, disability mentorship, OB-GYN, clerkship, disability inclusion, wheelchair user, clinical accommodations, internal medicine

Website: https://www.docswithdisabilities.org/podcast  

Interviewee: Dr. Joanna Turner Bisgrove

Interviewer: Dr. Peter Poullos

Description:

Today, we are joined by Dr. Joanna Turner Bisgrove. Dr. Bisgrove is a family medicine physician, Assistant Professor in Family Medicine at Rush University Medical Center, and the inaugural chair for the American Medical Association's Disability Advisory Group. Dr. Bisgrove has been involved in healthcare policy for several years and is a staunch advocate for disability inclusion. In this episode, she shares her story as a person with a disability, discusses her leadership at Rush University and in national organizations such as the American Medical Association, and her approach to advocating for students and physicians with disabilities.

Bio:

Dr. Joanna Turner Bisgrove is a family physician and assistant professor of family medicine at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois. Prior to joining Rush, she spent the first 14 years of her career near Madison, Wisconsin, and held many local and state leadership positions. She was medical advisor to her local school district for eight years and co-chaired the Legislative Committee for the Wisconsin Academy of Family Physicians for eight years, frequently working with state and federal legislators and their staff to develop evidence-based public health policy.

At the national level, Dr. Bisgrove is a delegate for the American Academy of Family Physicians to the American Medical Association's (AMA) House of Delegates. She is the inaugural chair for the American Medical Association's Disability Advisory Group, recently formed at the behest of the House of Delegates, the AMA governing and policy making body. The Disability Advisory Group will be tasked with helping the AMA increase accessibility and inclusivity for physicians, medical students and residents with disabilities, both within the AMA itself and as an advocate for increased accessibility across medicine. Dr. Bisgrove is a lifelong advocate for disability inclusion and the elimination of barriers in everyday society to help make this possible. Born with a hearing loss that has worsened over time, Dr. Bisgrove is acutely aware of the barriers that persons with disabilities face and determined to fight for policies that are inclusive for everyone.

Dr. Bisgrove's other AMA roles include being a current member of the AMA's Council on Science and Public Health. She is also heavily involved in DEI initiatives as a whole. Upon her move home to Illinois in the summer of 2021, Dr. Bisgrove was appointed to the Legislative Affairs Committee of the Illinois State Medical Society and to the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion group of the Illinois Academy of Family Physicians. At Rush, she is part of Rush's Pursuing Equity Governance Group and its Social Care and Health Equity team. She is also currently working towards her Masters in Public Health with a focus on achieving health for disadvantaged children and their families.

Transcript: https://bit.ly/DWDI_Podcast_Ep78

Produced by: Lisa Meeks and Pranati Movva

Audio editor: Jacob Feeman

Digital Media: Katie Sullivan

Keywords: disability, health equity, accessibility, family medicine, intersectionality, disability mentoring, medical education, hearing loss, accommodations

Interviewee: Dr.  Joanna Turner Bisgrove

Interviewer: Dr. Peter Poullos 

Description:

Today, we are joined by Dr. Joanna Turner Bisgrove. Dr. Bisgrove is a family medicine physician, Assistant Professor in Family Medicine at Rush University Medical Center, and the inaugural chair for the American Medical Association's Disability Advisory Group. Dr. Bisgrove has been involved in healthcare policy for several years and is a staunch advocate for disability inclusion. In this episode, she shares her story as a person with a disability, discusses her leadership at Rush University and in national organizations such as the American Medical Association, and her approach to advocating for students and physicians with disabilities. 

Bio:

Dr. Joanna Turner Bisgrove is a family physician and assistant professor of family medicine at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois.  Prior to joining Rush, she spent the first 14 years of her career near Madison, Wisconsin, and held many local and state leadership positions.  She was medical advisor to her local school district for eight years and co-chaired the Legislative Committee for the Wisconsin Academy of Family Physicians for eight years, frequently working with state and federal legislators and their staff to develop evidence-based public health policy. 

At the national level, Dr. Bisgrove is a delegate for the American Academy of Family Physicians to the American Medical Association's (AMA) House of Delegates. She is the inaugural chair for the American Medical Association's Disability Advisory Group, recently formed at the behest of the House of Delegates, the AMA governing and policy making body. The Disability Advisory Group will be tasked with helping the AMA increase accessibility and inclusivity for physicians, medical students and residents with disabilities, both within the AMA itself and as an advocate for increased accessibility across medicine. Dr. Bisgrove is a lifelong advocate for disability inclusion and the elimination of barriers in everyday society to help make this possible.  Born with a hearing loss that has worsened over time, Dr. Bisgrove is acutely aware of the barriers that persons with disabilities face and determined to fight for policies that are inclusive for everyone.  

Dr. Bisgrove's other AMA roles include being a current member of the AMA's Council on Science and Public Health. She is also heavily involved in DEI initiatives as a whole. Upon her move home to Illinois in the summer of 2021, Dr. Bisgrove was appointed to the Legislative Affairs Committee of the Illinois State Medical Society and to the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion group of the Illinois Academy of Family Physicians.  At Rush, she is part of Rush's Pursuing Equity Governance Group and its Social Care and Health Equity team.  She is also currently working towards her Masters in Public Health with a focus on achieving health for disadvantaged children and their families. 

Transcript: https://bit.ly/DWDI_Podcast_Ep78

Produced by: Lisa Meeks and Pranati Movva

Audio editor: Jacob Feeman

Digital Media: Katie Sullivan

Keywords: disability, health equity, accessibility, family medicine, intersectionality, disability mentoring, medical education, hearing loss, accommodations

Interviewee: Amy Rule, MD, MPH, FAAP

Interviewer: Lisa Meeks, PhD, MA

Description:

In this episode we are joined by neonatal and pediatric hospitalist and academic pediatrician Dr. Amy Rule. In this episode, Dr. Rule talks about navigating the academic experience of medical school as a person with disabilities, her experiences in medical school and residency, how her disability impacts her work as a pediatrician and parenting a child with a disability.

Resources: "I Am That Parent" (Cited in episode)

Transcript

Bio: Dr. Amy Rule is a pediatric and neonatal hospitalist and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Emory/CHOA and the co-director of Emory's Collaborating Center for Perinatal Equity. She received her medical degree from Wake Forest University SOM. She completed her pediatric residency and combined hospital medicine and global health fellowship at Cincinnati Children's. Her research centers on the intersection of health education and health equity. Her work includes maternal-newborn outcomes research in East Africa, partnering with immigrant and refugee families in Georgia and cultural humility and global health education for healthcare trainees. Dr. Rule has a rare skeletal dysplasia and is a lifelong advocate for people with disabilities through writing, advocacy and diversity and inclusion work in both health professional and community settings.

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Produced by: Lisa Meeks, Kadesha Treco, Jasmine Lopez, R.E. Natowicz, Pranati Movva, and Gabe Abrams.

Audio editor: Jacob Feeman

Digital Media: Katie Sullivan

Keywords: disability, pediatrics, disability mentorship, disability parenting, health equity, accessibility, medical school.

Interviewee: Amy Rule, MD, MPH, FAAP

Interviewer: Lisa Meeks, PhD, MA

Description: 

In this episode we are joined by neonatal and pediatric hospitalist and academic pediatrician Dr. Amy Rule. In this episode, Dr. Rule talks about navigating the academic experience of medical school as a person with disabilities, her experiences in medical school and residency, how her disability impacts her work as a pediatrician and parenting a child with a disability.

Resources: "I Am That Parent" (Cited in episode)

Transcript

Bio: Dr. Amy Rule is a pediatric and neonatal hospitalist and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Emory/CHOA and the co-director of Emory's Collaborating Center for Perinatal Equity. She received her medical degree from Wake Forest University SOM. She completed her pediatric residency and combined hospital medicine and global health fellowship at Cincinnati Children's. Her research centers on the intersection of health education and health equity. Her work includes maternal-newborn outcomes research in East Africa, partnering with immigrant and refugee families in Georgia and cultural humility and global health education for healthcare trainees. Dr. Rule has a rare skeletal dysplasia and is a lifelong advocate for people with disabilities through writing, advocacy and diversity and inclusion work in both health professional and community settings.

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Produced by: Lisa Meeks, Kadesha Treco,  Jasmine Lopez, R.E. Natowicz, Pranati Movva, and Gabe Abrams.

Audio editor: Jacob Feeman

Digital Media: Katie Sullivan

Keywords: disability, pediatrics, disability mentorship, disability parenting, health equity, accessibility, medical school.

Description:

This 'bonus' listen of our Research and Resource Rounds covering the article, "The Evolution of Disability Language: Choosing Terms to Describe Disability" and authored, in part, by Dr. Ayers, is offered here as a bonus episode to Dr. Kara Ayers interview on our main podcast.

In this article the authors enumerate a series of models used to conceptualize disability and the terminology associated with each model. They provide in-depth explorations of person-first and identity-first language, recommend avoiding euphemisms, and argue against the language restrictions imposed by some style guides.

Article:

"The Evolution of Disability Language: Choosing Terms to Describe Disability" by Erin E. Andrews, Robyn M. Powell, and Kara Ayers. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dhjo.2022.101328

Producers: Zoey Martin-Lockhart, Lisa Meeks and Jake Feeman

Key Words: Disability terminology, Disability language, Disability studies, Social model, Medical model, Health Sciences, Medical Education

Transcript

Description:

This 'bonus' listen of our Research and Resource Rounds covering the article, "The Evolution of Disability Language: Choosing Terms to Describe Disability" and authored, in part, by Dr. Ayers, is offered here as a bonus episode to Dr. Kara Ayers interview on our main podcast.

In this article the authors enumerate a series of models used to conceptualize disability and the terminology associated with each model. They provide in-depth explorations of person-first and identity-first language, recommend avoiding euphemisms, and argue against the language restrictions imposed by some style guides.

Article:

"The Evolution of Disability Language: Choosing Terms to Describe Disability" by Erin E. Andrews, Robyn M. Powell, and Kara Ayers. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dhjo.2022.101328

Producers: Zoey Martin-Lockhart, Lisa Meeks and Jake Feeman

Key Words: Disability terminology, Disability language, Disability studies, Social model, Medical model, Health Sciences, Medical Education

Transcript

Interviewee: Dr. Kara Ayers

Interviewer: Peter Poullos, MD

Description: In this episode, Dr. Peter Poullos interview Dr. Kara Ayers disability researcher and associate director of the University of Cincinnati University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities. Together they discuss advocacy work, interprofessional collaboration, the language we use when describing marginalized communities and how ableism impacts the health outcomes and safety of our patients.

Resources: (1) Evolution of Disability Language (2) How to talk to kids about people with disabilities (3) @ThinkEquitable

Transcript

Bio: Dr. Kara Ayers is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, where she is also Associate Director of the University of Cincinnati Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities. She's co-founder of the Disabled Parenting Project. She's recently launched the National Center for Disability, Equity, and Intersectionality. Her research interests include health equity, disability ethics, and anti-ableism.

Produced by: Gabe Abrams, Jake Feeman and Lisa Meeks

Digital Media: Katie Sullivan

Keywords: disability, anti-ableism, disability ethics, disability mentorship, disability policy, health equity, intersectionality, docswithdisabilities, medical education.

Interviewee: Dr. Kara Ayers

Interviewer: Peter Poullos, MD

Description: In this episode, Dr. Peter Poullos interview Dr. Kara Ayers disability researcher and associate director of the University of Cincinnati University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities. Together they  discuss advocacy work, interprofessional collaboration,  the language we use when describing marginalized communities and how ableism impacts the health outcomes and safety of our patients. 

Resources: (1) Evolution of Disability Language (2) How to talk to kids about people with disabilities (3) @ThinkEquitable

Transcript

Bio: Dr. Kara Ayers is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, where she is also Associate Director of the University of Cincinnati Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities. She's co-founder of the Disabled Parenting Project. She's recently launched the National Center for Disability, Equity, and Intersectionality. Her research interests include health equity, disability ethics, and anti-ableism.

Produced by: Gabe Abrams, Jake Feeman and Lisa Meeks

Digital Media: Katie Sullivan

Keywords: disability, anti-ableism, disability ethics, disability mentorship, disability policy, health equity, intersectionality, docswithdisabilities, medical education.