Submission ID 77740
| Code | OA-3-4 |
|---|---|
| At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to: | |
| Category | Medical Education |
| Type | Oral |
| Will the presenter be a: | Early Career Faculty - (Less than 7 years of practice) |
| Title | Disability, Program Access, Empathy and Burnout in Us Medical Students: A National Study |
| Background/Purpose | Students with disabilities, an important and growing population in medical education, report high level of empathy and resilience yet little is known about burnout and empathy experiences. This study investigates whether self-disclosed disability and reported program access are associated with measures of empathy and burnout in a national sample of US medical students. |
| Methods | Using AAMC Y2Q survey data from two cohorts (2019 and 2020) we investigated associations between disability status, program access, empathy, and burnout using multivariable logistic regression models accounting for demographic, personal-related, and learning environment measures. |
| Results | 23,898 (54.2%) provided disability data; 2,438 (10.2%) self-reported a disability. Most medical students with disability (SWD) reported having program access through accommodations (1,215 [49.8%] or that accommodations were not required for access (824 [33.8%]). Multivariable models identified that SWD with and without program access presented higher odds of high exhaustion (1.50 [95%CI, 1.34 - 1.69] and 2.59 [95%CI, 1.93 - 3.49], respectively) and lower odds of low empathy (.75 [95%CI, .67 - .85] and .68 [95%CI, .52 - .90], respectively) than their peers. In contrast, multivariable models for disengagement identified that SWD reporting lack of program access presented higher odds of high disengagement compared to peers (1.43 [95%CI, 1.09 - 1.87], while SWD with program access did not (1.09 [95%CI, .97 - 1.22]). |
| Discussion | SWD were less likely to report low empathy regardless of program access. SWD with program access did not differ from peers in terms of disengagement. These findings add to our understanding of SWD in medicine as empathic future physicians. |
| Keyword 1 | Empathy |
| Keyword 2 | Burnout |
| Keyword 3 | Disability |
| Abstract content most relevant to: (check all that apply) | Undergraduate Medical Education |
| Abstract Track - First Choice | Equity, Diversity and Inclusion |
| Authors | Lisa Meeks Karina Pereira-Lima Karina Pereira-Lima Erene Stergiopoulos Erene Stergiopoulos Melissa Plegue Catherine Stauffer Zoie Sheets Neera Jain Bonnelin Swenor Nichole Taylor Amy Addams Christopher Moreland Lisa Meeks |
