Building Exceptional Experiences for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Individuals Starts Here

I have now attended a 2axend training twice – once as an undergraduate and once now in medical school. Most recently, I worked with school leadership to bring Corey Axelrod to teach my fellow classmates best practices in patient care for Deaf and hard of hearing individuals. Advocating for better patient care is important to me, especially as I was born hard of hearing and was first exposed to Deaf culture and American Sign Language (ASL) in college. As medical students, learning from Deaf personal experiences is more impactful than reading from a slide. I’m so grateful to Corey with 2axend and the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine for being willing to teach the next generation of medical students more about cultural humility. My fellow classmates (and future physicians) now have the knowledge necessary to establish a functional physician-Deaf patient relationship.