Lisa M Meeks, Melissa Plegue, Bonnielin K Swenor, Christopher J Moreland, Sharad Jain, Christina J Grabowski, Marjorie Westervelt, Ben Case, William H Eidtson, Rahul Patwari, Nancy R Angoff, Jack LeConche, Bliss M Temple, Peter Poullos, Mijiza Sanchez-Guzman, Caitlyn Coates, Christine Low, Mark C Henderson, Joel Purkiss, Michael H Kim
PURPOSE: To conduct a post-Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 multisite, multicohort study called the Pathways Project to assess the performance and trajectory of medical students with disabilities (SWDs). METHOD: From June to December 2020, the authors conducted a matched cohort study of SWDs and nondisabled controls from 2 graduating cohorts (2018 and 2019) across 11 U.S. MD-granting medical schools. Each SWD was matched with 2 controls, one from their institution and, whenever possible, one from their cohort for Medical College Admission Test score and self-reported gender...
March 1, 2022: Academic Medicine