PoWER Program: People with Disabilities Educating Residents.
An educational program was developed incorporating people with disabilities (PWDs) as "consumer-trainers" who educate physical medicine and rehabilitation residents about challenges in everyday living and their solutions to these. During the residency postgraduate years 2 and 4, pairs of residents visited trainers in their homes and at their jobs to learn about their lifestyles and adaptations. Residents' described the experience as "excellent, outstanding, invaluable" in more than half of the evaluations. PWDs can educate physical medicine and rehabilitation residents about living with disabilities. This new residency educational strategy encourages residents to value the perspective of PWDs.
Siebens
Hilary
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Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital/ Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Cairns
Kevin
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Schalick
Walton O
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Fondulis
Diana
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Corcoran
Paul
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Bartels
Elmer
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D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010810:Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine / Q000193:education*