Developing undergraduate autism education for medical students: a qualitative study

• Main Authors: Sube Banerjee (Author), Juliet Wright (Author), Ann White (Author), Stephanie Daley (Author), Yvonne Feeney (Author), Yasmin Dhuga (Author), Laura Gallaher (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMJ Publishing Group, 2022-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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 progra...