Education and awareness

Published May 11 2023, 02:06

Education and awareness for placements, decision-makers, influencers, and the public can lead to improvements.

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Posters
Fact sheets
Leaflets, pamphlets, books
Newspapers, journals, online articles
Radio and television
Organizational and community newsletters
Informational websites
Presentations at public, institutional, organizational meetings
Film-making and screening
Re-circulate existing media coverage, such as:
Disabled Doctors exist: Celebrating their contribution to medicine
Most Doctors hold distorted view of disabled life: American study finds, Holland Bloorview Kids rehabilitation hospital, February 2021
Docs with Disabilities podcast

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Accessibility audits are a way of assessing how accessible a workplace is for people with disabilities.
By highlighting any shortcomings, placement sites can become more aware of the ways they can better meet disabled students’ needs.
Accessibility audits can be completed through Abilities to Work.

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For resources, look into:

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Conducting primary and secondary research are important parts of effecting change as they can shed light on different issues and provide information on interventions that have succeeded elsewhere.
Primary research can be as straightforward as tracking who enters, completes, and withdraws from a given program.
Research findings can then be communicated to different audiences using some of the methods and platforms outlined in this section.

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Social media campaigns involve communicating via platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, etc. in order to reach large groups of people outside your direct network.
Some ideas to consider:
Show real people who are impacted e.g. portraits, quotes, stories from disabled students, disabled healthcare workers, and disabled patients.
Make use of hashtags to facilitate discussion, gather more stories, and measure engagement.
Resources on social media campaigns:
The Health Communicator’s Social Media Toolkit
Community Toolbox: Social Marketing Communication
A Campaign for Social Change: Action Plan

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