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IDD Health MattersEp 104: Dr. Susan Havercamp and Health Equity For People With IDD Dr. Susan Haverkamp, featured on the IDD Health Matters podcast, discusses her work on improving health equity for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). She highlights the lack of reliable national health data due to insufficient identification methods and advocates for simple survey questions to address this gap. Haverkamp also shares her role in creating core healthcare competencies through a Delphi study, stressing the importance of understanding the social model of disability, improving clinician communication and clinical skills, and recognizing implicit biases. She emphasizes recent progress in medical education, growing community-engaged research, and the need to mentor future...2025-07-1425 min
Ethics TalkAuthor Interview: “Aspiring to Disability Consciousness in Health Professions Training” Lydia Smeltz joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Drs Susan Havercamp and Lisa Meeks: “Aspiring to Disability Consciousness in Health Professions Training.” Recorded October 27, 2023. Read the full article for free at JournalOfEthics.org. 2024-01-1504 minEthics TalkAuthor Interview: “Aspiring to Disability Consciousness in Health Professions Training” Lydia Smeltz joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Drs Susan Havercamp and Lisa Meeks: “Aspiring to Disability Consciousness in Health Professions Training.” Recorded October 27, 2023. Read the full article for free at JournalOfEthics.org. 2024-01-1504 min
Hear Me Now PodcastDoctors and disabilitiesAn online transcript is availableMore than 60 million Americans live with a disability and that number will grow as the baby boomers continue to age. But new research throws into question whether those people are receiving the best care possible.��More than four out of five physicians say someone with a significant disability has a worse quality of life than someone without a disability. A minority of physicians ��� only 42% ��� feels strongly confident that they can provide equal quality of care to their patients with disabilities as they provide to other patients. And a large number of doctors say t...2023-02-0936 min