Connecting Disability to… the medical system Connecting Disability

People with disabilities often use the medical system, but what happens when they want to become doctors? On this episode, Quinten Clarke gives us some insight into what the medical profession looks like as a medical resident who has a disability. Quinten is the vice-president and Trainee Group Lead for the Canadian Association of Physicians with Disabilities. Through this work, he advocates for medical learners with disabilities. He’s currently a resident physician at the University of British Columbia. He talked about how he thinks the medical system views disability, and how this can be changed.

You can learn more about the Canadian Association of Physicians with Disabilities here: capd.ca

Check out the Ostomy Canada Society here: ostomycanada.ca

Quinten mentions a February 2021 article by Dr. Lisa I. Iezzoni. Read more about that article here: https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2021/02/survey-finds-doctors-have-negative-perception-of-patients-with-disability/. The full article can be accessed here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8722582/