2026 SMADIE Events
Tuesday February 3, 2026
Student Voices: Medical Student Perspectives on the Accommodations Guide
Please join DM3P, the Docs with Disabilities Initiative, MSDCI, and SMADIE on February 3, 2026, at 4:30 pm PT/7:30 pm ET, for the fourth and final accommodations guide workshop webinar, "Student Voices: Medical Student Perspectives on the Accommodations Guide." This event will highlight the recently published Guide to Clinical Accommodations in Undergraduate Medical Education, from the perspective of residents who road-tested the guide’s language while they were clinical phase medical students.
The panel discussion will address the strengths and limitations of the accommodations guide, its utility for undergraduate learners in medical education, and how learner feedback strengthened the language included in the final product. Panelists will also share their insights about the accommodations process as experienced by clinical phase medical students and the importance of the voices of learners with disabilities in efforts to improve the system. Audience members will have an opportunity to engage in a moderated question-and-answer session with the panelists at the end.
Saturday April 25, 2026
Join us for the Seventh Annual Conference on Disability in Healthcare and Medicine on Saturday, April 25, 2026, via livestream!
This virtual conference aims to support students and healthcare providers with disabilities, training healthcare providers to better care for patients with disabilities, and provide research into the intersection of providers and patients with disabilities.
This conference will be a deep learning opportunity for medical students, residents and fellows, medical doctors, nursing students and nurses, PA students and PA’s, hospital administration, and additional interested healthcare providers and allies.
Sincerely,
Pete Poullos, MD and Ken Sutha, MD, PhD
Co-Chairs
Registration is now open...
Monthly Meetings
Second Wednesday of the Month
5:15pm - 6:15pm PT
SMADIE Monthly Community Meeting
A monthly discussion covering what has/is/will be happening with SMADIE, Stanford Medicine Alliance for Disability Inclusion & Equity
Third Wednesday of the Month
12:00pm - 1:00pm PT
SMADIE Monthly Board of Directors Meeting
A monthly meeting to discuss SMADIE issues related to yearly events, outreach and meeting SMADIES's Mission, Vision and SMADIE's priorities of CHARME: promoting Community, Health Equity, Advocacy, Research, Mentorship and Education in medicine.
Annual Events
Conference on Disability in Healthcare and Medicine
April
Stanford Conference on Disability in Healthcare and Medicine
This virtual conference aims to support students and healthcare providers with disabilities, training healthcare providers to better care for patients with disabilities, and provide research into the intersection of providers and patients with disabilities.
This conference will be a deep learning opportunity for medical students, residents and fellows, medical doctors, nursing students and nurses, PA students and PA’s, hospital administration, and additional interested healthcare providers and allies.
National Disability Employee Awareness Month
October
SMADIE Celebrates National Disability Employee Awareness Month
Join us as we recognize #NDEAM, National Disability Employee Awareness Month. Throughout the month of October Stanford Medicine Alliance for Disability Inclusion and Equity (SMADIE) along with other Stanford DEI organizations and along side Stanford Health Care (SHC) will be hosting events throughout the month of October.