ObjectiveNegative healthcare provider attitudes toward patients with physical disabilities may challenge the delivery of quality care to patients. The objective of this study was to systematically review published studies examining the attitudes of healthcare students and professionals towar

Attitudes of healthcare students and professionals toward patients with physical disability: a systematic review.

Health professionals need to understand the human rights and health needs of disabled people. This review of evidence on interventions demonstrates that a range of often innovative approaches have been trialled. Lectures by faculty are less effective in changing attitudes than contact with disabled people themselves. Existing examples of good practice need to be scaled up, and better and more long-term evaluations of impact are required.

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Educating Health Professionals about Disability: A Review of Interventions

We conducted in-depth case studies of 10 health care professionals who actively provide primary medical care to adults with autism spectrum disorders. The study sought to understand their experiences in providing this care, the training they had received, the training they lack and their suggestions for encouraging more physicians to provide this care. Qualitative data were gathered by phone using a structured interview guide and analyzed using the framework approach. Challenges to providing care were identified at the systems, practice and provider, and education and training levels. Solutions and interventions targeting needed changes at each level were also proposed. The findings have implications for health care reform, medical school and residency training programs, and the development of best practices.

Physician Perspectives on Providing Primary Medical Care to Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD).

A curriculum on care for people with disabilities: Effects on medical student self-reported attitudes and comfort level

The problems adults with disabilities face obtaining quality primary care services are persistent and undermine national efforts to improve the health status of this group. Efforts to address this issue by providing disability-related training to physicians are hampered by limited informatio

Desired educational outcomes of disability-related training for the generalist physician: knowledge, attitudes, and skills.

Background
Instruments to detect changes in attitudes towards people with disabilities are important for evaluation of training programs and for research. While we were interested in instruments specific for medical students, we aimed to systematically review the medical literature for validated survey instruments used to measure attitudes of healthcare students and professionals towards patients with physical disability.

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Validated instruments used to measure attitudes of healthcare students and professionals towards patients with physical disability: a systematic review

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Validated instruments used to measure attitudes of healthcare students and professionals towards patients with physical disability: a systematic review