More than four million Australians have some form of disability. For people with disability under 65 years, 2 in 5 have difficulty accessing medical care. Contributing factors include lengthy wait times, high costs, inaccessibility of infrastructure and discrimination by health professionals.
Join us for this online webinar facilitated by the Australian Network on Disability to find ways to improve your confidence and capability to serve this growing population.
This webinar will help primary care providers and practice staff become ‘disability confident’ and more prepared to welcome patients with disability into their practices.
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of the course you will:
• Understand the importance of disability confidence for clinicians and the whole organisation
• Be confident in using the right language and understand how to service and treat a person with disability
• Understand the value of inclusive behaviours and environments
• Have greater awareness of workplace adjustments
• Know where to find further information and assistance
Target audience – GPs, nurses, allied health and practice staff
This education session is a component of CESPHN’s Primary Care Enhancement Project, a Commonwealth initiative established to build capacity of health care professionals to care for people with intellectual disability.
For more information on CESPHN’s PCEP project, please visit the project website.
