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Developing undergraduate autism education for medical students: a qualitative study
BACKGROUND: Autistic adults and children experience considerable health inequalities and have high rates of premature mortality, hospital admissions and emergency department visits. This is in part due to a lack of autism awareness in the healthcare and social care workforce. A new educational progr...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9345079/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36053627 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2022-001411 |
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author | Dhuga, Yasmin Feeney, Yvonne Gallaher, Laura White, Ann Wright, Juliet Banerjee, Sube Daley, Stephanie |
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description | BACKGROUND: Autistic adults and children experience considerable health inequalities and have high rates of premature mortality, hospital admissions and emergency department visits. This is in part due to a lack of autism awareness in the healthcare and social care workforce. A new educational programme, Time for Autism (TfA), for medical students is being developed to address this challenge. This qualitative study was undertaken to support the development of the new programme in order to (1) understand the medical care experiences of parents of autistic children and (2) assess their views on the acceptability of the new TfA programme and willingness to be involved. METHODS: A convenience sample of 11 parents of autistic children were recruited across the South of England. The ages of the autistic children ranged from 3 to 17 years. Semistructured interviews were completed between October and December 2019. Interview transcripts were analysed using thematic analysis. RESULTS: Three key themes were identified: diagnosis, experiences of doctors and TfA considerations. There was support for and willingness to take part in a dedicated autism education programme for medical students, and constructive feedback to inform and improve its delivery. CONCLUSION: The findings from this study provide insights into the medical care experiences of parents/carers of autistic children. Understanding how parents/carers of autistic children would like medical care to be improved can be used to develop TfA and other autism programmes. Parental/carer support for the development of and involvement in an autism medical education programme enhances the feasibility of the new programme. |
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spelling | pubmed-93450792022-08-19 Developing undergraduate autism education for medical students: a qualitative study Dhuga, Yasmin Feeney, Yvonne Gallaher, Laura White, Ann Wright, Juliet Banerjee, Sube Daley, Stephanie BMJ Paediatr Open Neurodisability BACKGROUND: Autistic adults and children experience considerable health inequalities and have high rates of premature mortality, hospital admissions and emergency department visits. This is in part due to a lack of autism awareness in the healthcare and social care workforce. A new educational programme, Time for Autism (TfA), for medical students is being developed to address this challenge. This qualitative study was undertaken to support the development of the new programme in order to (1) understand the medical care experiences of parents of autistic children and (2) assess their views on the acceptability of the new TfA programme and willingness to be involved. METHODS: A convenience sample of 11 parents of autistic children were recruited across the South of England. The ages of the autistic children ranged from 3 to 17 years. Semistructured interviews were completed between October and December 2019. Interview transcripts were analysed using thematic analysis. RESULTS: Three key themes were identified: diagnosis, experiences of doctors and TfA considerations. There was support for and willingness to take part in a dedicated autism education programme for medical students, and constructive feedback to inform and improve its delivery. CONCLUSION: The findings from this study provide insights into the medical care experiences of parents/carers of autistic children. Understanding how parents/carers of autistic children would like medical care to be improved can be used to develop TfA and other autism programmes. Parental/carer support for the development of and involvement in an autism medical education programme enhances the feasibility of the new programme. BMJ Publishing Group 2022-08-01 /pmc/articles/PMC9345079/ /pubmed/36053627 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2022-001411 Text en © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2022. Re-use permitted under CC BY. Published by BMJ. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported (CC BY 4.0) license, which permits others to copy, redistribute, remix, transform and build upon this work for any purpose, provided the original work is properly cited, a link to the licence is given, and indication of whether changes were made. See: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
spellingShingle | Neurodisability Dhuga, Yasmin Feeney, Yvonne Gallaher, Laura White, Ann Wright, Juliet Banerjee, Sube Daley, Stephanie Developing undergraduate autism education for medical students: a qualitative study |
title | Developing undergraduate autism education for medical students: a qualitative study |
title_full | Developing undergraduate autism education for medical students: a qualitative study |
title_fullStr | Developing undergraduate autism education for medical students: a qualitative study |
title_full_unstemmed | Developing undergraduate autism education for medical students: a qualitative study |
title_short | Developing undergraduate autism education for medical students: a qualitative study |
title_sort | developing undergraduate autism education for medical students: a qualitative study |
topic | Neurodisability |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9345079/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36053627 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2022-001411 |
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