Teacher, Teach Thyself: A Hands-on Workshop for Identifying and Investigating Areas for Disability-focused Education in Health Professions Training

Tuesday, May 19, 2026

2:45 PM - 4:45 PM PT

Location: Ballroom C

Ideal Audience:Administrators, Physicians, Residents/Fellows, Medical Students

Course Director(s)

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Catherine Stratton, MPH

PhD Candidate
University of Toronto

Speaker(s)

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Nora Newcomb, MD

Resident
St. Luke's Hospital Anderson Campus Program
Abderrazak Hajjioui, PhD

Full Prof
Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Abdelmalek Essaâdi University

Faculty(s)

Mark D. Peterson, PhD

Professor
Department of PM&R, Michigan Medicine
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Yetsa Tuakli-Wosornu, MD

Associate Professor, Departments of Medicine and Orthopaedic Surgery • Sports Equity Lab
Stanford School of Medicine

Speaker(s)

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Samantha Finkelstein, MD

Resident
University of Pennsylvania
Chantal Nguyen, MD

Fellow
Stanford University
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Andrei Krassioukov, MD

Professor
ICORD

Brief Session Description : People with disabilities (PWD) experience persistent health disparities, partly due to limited provider education and the absence of standardized disability curricula in health professions training. This workshop will explore disability-focused education (DFE) within the context of the global Rehabilitation 2030 initiative, highlighting international collaboration, community engagement, and technology-enhanced teaching. Participants will first learn about DFE modalities with program examples from Canada, the United States, and Morocco. Then, they will engage in facilitated brainstorming to identify opportunities for integration and cross-cultural partnership. The workshop will culminate in a collaboratively developed document summarizing strategies to strengthen DFE at participants’ institutions worldwide.

Session Objectives:

To learn more about the importance of disability-focused education (DFE) in health professions training

To be exposed to multiple modalities and examples of successful DFE initiatives in health professions training

To discuss the role of patient and community partnership in DFE

To identify areas of growth and opportunity for DFE at home institutions

To identify which DFE methods would be most successful at home institutions

To identify ways to introduce DFE at home institutions

To learn about the international landscape of DFE through collaborative discussion groups
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