Monday, April 05, 2010

MLA reports on Health Services Training Project

picture of doctor and patient

For the past year, the Health Services Training Project has been underway in Alabama with a stated goal to assess and remedy gaps in information and access to people with disabilities in clinical practice. Additionally, the project has focused on educating health care providers and promote services to individuals with disabilities in clinical practice. After collecting over 1000 usable survey results, six major topics have been selected as priorities for the content of training modules, including using the internet to find and evaluate information, using 'disability etiquette,' preparing patients for successful office visits, making practice accomodations, staying healthy between visits, and preparing to treat patients with disabilities. The modules will be field-tested and distributed free of charge on the United Cerebral Palsy of greater Birmingham website at www.ucpbham.com.

The MLA website, from whose newsletter this information was pulled, may be viewed by clicking the link in this post's title.

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