TY - JOUR T1 - Call to Action: Eliminate Barriers Faced by Medical Students With Disabilities JF - The Annals of Family Medicine JO - Ann Fam Med SP - 376 LP - 378 DO - 10.1370/afm.2824 VL - 20 IS - 4 AU - Brianna A. Marzolf AU - Michael M. McKee AU - Oluwaferanmi O. Okanlami AU - Philip Zazove Y1 - 2022/07/01 UR - http://www.annfammed.org/content/20/4/376.abstract N2 - When physicians have a disability or chronic condition, they can offer deeper insight and ability into managing the needs of patients with similar conditions. Yet an alarming 2021 survey found that only 40.7% of physicians feel confident that they provide the same level of care to people with disabilities (PWD) as those without. This may contribute to troubling health care disparities for the over 61 million Americans living with disabilities. In a recent report, The American Medical Association (AMA) recognized that increased concordance between patients and physicians with disabilities is key to resolving health care inequities for PWD, yet although 1 in 5 patients reports a disability, only 1 in 33 physicians identifies as such. This is because prospective medical students with disabilities face many barriers in medical education and practice. We call for specific changes to medical school admission processes and curricula to promote a more just and diverse workforce which includes more physicians with disabilities. ER -