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- I'm Michael Kim.

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I am the assistant dean
for student affairs

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at the medical school,
and I'm a physician.

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And I practice internal
medicine, pediatrics.

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So I have history of depression.

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The demands of medical school

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really made my
depression flare up.

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Happy to say

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that I was able to go to
the mental health clinic

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here at the University of
Minnesota and get counseling

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and medical treatment, which
really helped me be successful.

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Having experienced challenges

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with depression as
a medical student

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has really helped me
provide a better support

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for students here.

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And so when I'm
meeting with a student,

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I can really show that empathy

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of someone who's been
through a similar course.

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What's important to
think about in disability

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is that psychological
disabilities,

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like depression, anxiety,
are really disabilities,

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that they should be
accommodated and considered

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similarly to other disabilities.

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Approximately 10%
of our students

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have accommodations
during medical school.

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That is the highest
number of students

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of any medical school in the
country that I am aware of.

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There are many reasons why
we really want to encourage,

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promote, support,

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and get people with
disabilities as physicians.

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Primarily, because
we know from studies

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that physicians
with disabilities

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provide better care for
patients with disabilities.

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But not only that, there's
evidence to suggest

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that if you're a physician

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and you have a colleague you
work with who has a disability,

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you also provide better care
to patients with disability.

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And then, finally,
we learn so much more

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when we have a
diverse workforce.

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I think about all the patients
who come into a clinic

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and potentially see a physician

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who has a mobility disability
or has a sensory disability.

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These are amazing things for
our patients to be able to see.

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And to have that trust
in our profession,

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that is so important
in providing the
best possible care.

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- [Announcer] This program
was produced in collaboration

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with the Center for
the Art of Medicine

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at the University of
Minnesota Medical School.

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And funded by the Minnesota
Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund

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and the citizens of Minnesota.

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