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To The Editor: With an aging population and the trend toward mainstreaming care for persons with disabilities, physicians in all specialties are encountering greater numbers of patients with physical disabilities.^1-2Nonetheless, persons with disabilities often have difficulty finding physicians who are knowledgeable about their health care needs.^2-3 Lack of familiarity with proper positioning techniques can lead to an inadequate physical examination, as well as uncomfortable and unsafe experiences for patients. Furthermore, physicians who lack these skills often feel overwhelmed in their interactions with disabled patients.^4-5

However, positioning skills are relatively easy to learn and are often taught to nonphysician staff such as nurses and therapists. We undertook a study to see if providing structured training in techniques of movement and positioning would improve the ability of medical students to perform these maneuvers.

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Between March 1999 and February 2000, 129 medical students participated in the study during their required third-year general . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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