Learning Disability for Mainstream Professionals
A one day course covering the fundamentals of Learning Disabilities and how to support people with Learning Disabilities in clinical practice.
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Session 1 - The Scale of Our Task
In this session we introduce Learning Disabilities as an area of clinical practice before moving on to health inequality.
We then move on to fundamentals of communication, how you can advance your subjective assessment as well as contemporary issues people with Learning Disabilities face in clinical practice and beyond.
In this session we introduce Learning Disabilities as an area of clinical practice before moving on to health inequality.
We then move on to fundamentals of communication, how you can advance your subjective assessment as well as contemporary issues people with Learning Disabilities face in clinical practice and beyond.
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Session 2 - Legal aspects
In this session we will explore pieces of legislation you need to be aware of for all patients you see.
We then move on to how you can provide equitable healthcare settings which help people to engage with your service.
In this session we will explore pieces of legislation you need to be aware of for all patients you see.
We then move on to how you can provide equitable healthcare settings which help people to engage with your service.
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Session 3 - Clinical Morphology
In this session we cover some well know and some lesser known conditions you may come across in clinical practice. We then look at common clinical comorbidities associated with those conditions that you should be aware of.
In this session we cover some well know and some lesser known conditions you may come across in clinical practice. We then look at common clinical comorbidities associated with those conditions that you should be aware of.
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Session 4: Bringing It All Together
In this session we consolidate what we’ve learned through some clinical case studies which you can undertake yourselves and then finish with the participants taking a Q&A session.
In this session we consolidate what we’ve learned through some clinical case studies which you can undertake yourselves and then finish with the participants taking a Q&A session.
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