Core Module Information
Module title: Promoting inclusion: Enabling access to health care for children, adults and old

SCQF level: 09:
SCQF credit value: 20.00
ECTS credit value: 10

Module code: NMS09141
Module leader: Michael Brown
School School of Health & Social Care
Subject area group: Nursing
Prerequisites

There are no pre-requisites for this module to be added

Description of module content:

Value based care: attitudes and values and respect of the person.
Identifying and appraising evidence: policy, legislation, research, clinical guidelines and care pathway approaches
Communication skills: enhance communication skills, self awareness, building relationships and alternative modes of communication to promote access to healthcare
Awareness: of the role of gatekeepers, range of learning disability, identification of need, legal issues and consent.
Facilitating access: supportive environments, quality of care enhancement, individual care pathways, communication passports, protocols and patient information.
Partnership working: multidisciplinary working, leadership, acting on information, listening to individuals and carers and adjusting work practices to accommodate diversity and make reasonable adjustments to care.

Learning Outcomes for module:

LO1: Identify and evaluate the available evidence and identify the personal, social, environmental and physical barriers to promoting and enabling access to healthcare for people with a learning disability.
LO2: Develop an understanding of the ethical and legal frameworks and their application to meeting the health needs of people with a learning disability.
LO3: Appraise and apply an appropriate audit and intervention strategy to enhance access to health care of an individual or group of individuals with a learning disability in your practice area.
LO4: Critically reflect on the roles and responsibilities of users, carers and practitioners within the context of a multidisciplinary network to facilitate and enable access to health care for people with a learning disability.
LO5: Evaluate the impact of interventions and adjustments to care as a means to promote access to health care for people with a learning disability.
LO6: Critically reflect on individual learning and development needs in relation to promoting access to healthcare for people with learning disabilities.

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