Baylor College of Medicine
Rotation Name: MEMED 630 - Life with Intellectual & Developmental Disability
Elective Location: Baylor Transition Medicine Clinic, Texas Children’s Hospital
Duration: 4 weeks
Course Coordinator: Jordan Kemere M.D., kemere@bcm.edu
Faculty: Elisha Acosta, M.D., Jordan Kemere, M.D., M.S., Cynthia Peacock, M.D., Ellen Fremion, M.D., John Berens, M.D., Vrunda Vithalani, M.D.
Course Description: Description: The Caring for Individuals with IDD Across the Lifespan elective aims to provide training to medical students in the field of developmental medicine—the care of individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities across the lifespan. It is a rotation composed of multidisciplinary clinical, didactic, community, and advocacy experiences that act to highlight the unique features of life and clinical care for individuals with a wide variety of intellectual and developmental disabilities. Students will be asked to educate, interact, and care for people, and caregivers of people, with IDD in an empathetic and respectful manner. There will be discussion and exposure to how acute and preventative care, community engagement, and funding are unique for this population with is often underserved and underfunded. The clinical experience will primarily occur at the Baylor Transition Medicine clinic, a medical home for adults with IDD, and various outpatient TCH clinics that serve this population. Additionally, there will be multiple opportunities to engage with community partners.
Learning Objectives:
Demonstrate respectful language and interaction with individuals with IDD
Understand and acknowledge implicit bias related to individuals with disability
Improve medical knowledge and clinical exam skills with patients with IDD
Counsel patients and their support persons in the diagnosis and management of their health conditions.
Understand the unique insurance/funding difficulties for individuals with IDD particularly at the age of transition from pediatric to adult healthcare
Eligibility: Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, or Family Medicine core clerkship must have been completed prior. U.S. Visiting Students Only