Improving Health Assessments for People with an Intellectual Disability

Online Course

Future Learn
Improving Health Assessments for People with an Intellectual Disability

What is the course about?

Improving Health Assessments for People with an Intellectual Disability
The course Improving Health Assessments for People with an Intellectual Disability is an online class provided by Trinity College Dublin through Future Learn. It may be possible to receive a verified certification or use the course to prepare for a degree.

Learn how to improve healthcare for people with intellectual disabilities with this course for healthcare professionals.

Course description
  • Learn how to support people with intellectual disability in health assessments
  • 3 weeks
  • Detecting poor health and supporting people with an intellectual disability in managing their health can be challenging for healthcare professionals.
  • During this course, you will gain valuable knowledge that you can transfer into your daily practice on how to include people with an intellectual disability in health assessments.
  • You will expand your knowledge through information and techniques underpinned by the world-leading longitudinal study on ageing and intellectual disability, the IDS-TILDA study.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • This course is for healthcare professionals, healthcare workers, and care supporters working with people with an intellectual disability. You do not need any prior experience as the course is designed to be usable by all levels of healthcare professionals.
  • Trinity College Dublin
  • Founded in 1592, Trinity College Dublin is Ireland’s highest ranked university. It promotes a diverse, interdisciplinary environment to nurture ground-breaking research, innovation, and creativity.
  • EIT Health
  • EIT Health promotes healthy living, active ageing and improvements in healthcare.

Prerequisites & Facts

Improving Health Assessments for People with an Intellectual Disability

Course Topic

Healthcare & Medicine, Nursing

University, College, Institution

Trinity College Dublin

Course Skill Level

Course Language

English

Place of class

Online, self-paced (see curriculum for more information)

Degree

Certificate

Degree & Cost

Improving Health Assessments for People with an Intellectual Disability

To obtain a verified certificate from Future Learn / Trinity College Dublin you have to finish this course or the latest version of it, if there is a new edition. The class may be free of charge, but there could be some cost to receive a verified certificate or to access the learning materials. The specifics of the course may have been changed, please consult the provider to get the latest quotes and news.
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School: Trinity College Dublin
Topic: Healthcare & Medicine, Nursing