Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Improving Health Assessments for People with an Intellectual Disability
Trinity College Dublin and EIT Health
The course covered topics including making reasonable adjustments, disparities in health conditions for people with an intellectual disability, communication barriers and enablers, person-centered care, and creating Easy Read materials.
This course has been certified by the CPD Certification Service as conforming to continuing professional development principles
3 weeks, 2 hours per week
Dr Eilish Burke
Ussher Assistant Professor in Ageing and Intellectual Disability
Trinity College Dublin
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Describe the similarities and differences in health that applies to people with an intellectual disability in comparison to their non-disabled peers;
- Identify the relevance and importance of health assessment for people with an intellectual disability;
- Explain what making reasonable adjustment means for people with an intellectual disability as they engage in health services;
- Reflect on the importance of making reasonable adjustments and understand how this is applicable to healthcare practice;
- Explore how to adapt explanatory materials for the person with an intellectual disability;
- Develop skills and techniques on adapting health assessments and engaging individuals with an intellectual disability using accessible material; and
- Design your own Easy Read documents for health assessments.
Syllabus
In this course, you will:
- Explore the inequalities that individuals with an intellectual disability experience that often obstruct their engagement in health assessment;
- Identify the changing landscape of healthcare for older people with an intellectual disability;
- Learn how to communicate better with people with an intellectual disability in health assessments;
- Make reasonable adjustments to appointment scheduling, duration, and in explaining assessments;
- Learn best practices in accessible materials for health assessments.
The course is structured into three weeks:
- Week 1: Health and wellbeing challenges for people with an intellectual disability
- Week 2: Best practices in communicating with people with an intellectual disability in health assessment
- Week 3: Performing a health assessment for people with an intellectual disability
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Issued on 1st August 2020
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