Twelve tips for teaching child development and disability to medical students

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Abstract

Child development is a marker of well-being in childhood and recognition of developmental delay allows timely investigation and intervention for children with developmental disabilities. Despite this, child development and disabilities are not given emphasis in the medical curriculum. This under representation of teaching combined with the stigma associated with disabilities contributes to the sub-optimal health care of people with disabilities. As well as, addressing the stigma of disability a medical undergraduate curriculum should include: the key concepts of child development; the clinical presentation of the most common developmental disabilities; developmental history taking and the infant neurodevelopmental examination. The following twelve tips provide practical advice about how to teach this knowledge and these skills during medical training.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)135-139
Number of pages5
JournalMedical Teacher
Volume40
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018

Keywords

  • child development
  • children with disabilities
  • medical students

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