Accessibility Notes, Land Acknowledgement, and Citation Notes
HSAFP Executive Team April 7, 2025
Accessibility Notes
HSAFP’s curriculum learning materials use sans serif fonts to avoid character ambiguity, use purple headings and bold to emphasize wording, and share PDFs in addition to Word documents.
Taking these actions may help our curriculum become more accessible for learners who use screen readers or learners with dyslexia, low vision, or color vision deficiency.
If there are any other ways that we can accommodate you and your chapter, please message HSAFP Management!
For more information:
- On Color Vision Deficiency (previously known as Color Blindness)
- On Dyslexia
- On Fonts and Vision
- Statistics and Information about Blind U.S. Citizens
- WebAIM: Contrast Checker
Land Acknowledgement Notes
As Harvard University acknowledges, Indigenous land acknowledgements are becoming more commonplace across the world. “It is a commitment—marked by ceremony—to act in good faith, to cultivate relationships, and to undertake reciprocal action” with Indigenous Nations.
We offer our gratitude to the Miccosukee, Seminole, Mascago, Ais, Massachusett, Pawtucket, Wampanoag, and Nipmuc Nations, who were the previous land and water stewards of where the HSAFP curriculum is made. To see the current Indigenous Nations who live where you live, please visit Native-Land.ca.
Citation Notes
HSAFP uses APA Citation, as this is a citation style that is typically taught to undergraduate college students, especially interested in science. However, you will want to also understand how AMA Citation and/or Vancouver Citation work, which are typically used to cite sources as a medical student, resident, and physician.
