Episode 30: Drs. Julia Cron and Lauren Meiss Docs With Disabilities

In this episode, Dr. Meeks speaks with Drs. Cron and Meiss from the OBGYN residency program at Yale New Haven hospital about their article in the Journal of Graduate Medical Education titled, Training as a Doc with Disabilities. They also discuss the road to Lauren’s “match”, the process of disclosing a disability in residency applications, seeking accommodations as a trainee, Yale’s newly founded advocacy/support group for trainees with disabilities, and Dr. Cron and Meiss’s commitment to educating OBGYN programs about the benefits of training physicians with disabilities.
Guest: Dr. Lauren Meiss, OBGYN Resident, Yale New Haven Hospital
Dr. Julia Cron, Assistant Professor; Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences; Residency Program Director, Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences
JGME article: https://meridian.allenpress.com/jgme/article/12/2/229/442179/Training-as-a-Doc-With-Disabilities?searchresult=1
Citation: Lauren Meiss, Julia Cron; Training as a “Doc With Disabilities”. J Grad Med Educ 1 April 2020; 12 (2): 229. doi: https://doi.org/10.4300/JGME-D-20-00050.1
Key Words: Illness, Cystic Fibrosis, Law, Education, and/or Research, OBGYN