Disability Competent Care

This 30-minute training module will focus on an introduction to healthcare experiences of people with disabilities and knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to care for patients with disabilities using disability-competent care strategies. 

Learning Objectives

At the end of this activity, the learner or the healthcare team should be able to:

  • Describe how to better communicate with patients with disabilities about their unique needs and required accommodations to have a successful clinical care encounter;
  • Recognize how to appropriately interact with patients with disabilities to reduce the instance of negative encounters;
  • Provide clinical care staff and care givers with language, skills, and strategies to interact with patients with disabilities, understand their needs, and make appropriate adjustments to accommodate those needs.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

    Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine designates this Enduring activity for a maximum of 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 0.50 ANCC
  • 0.50 Participation
Course opens: 
07/09/2024
Course expires: 
07/09/2025
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Jeff Schneider, MD
Course Director
 
Kellie Smith
Nurse Advisor
 
Naomi Moeller
CCE Program Manager

In support of improving patient care, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Physicians

Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses

Contact Hours - 0.50, of which none are eligible for pharmacology credit.

Available Credit

  • 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

    Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine designates this Enduring activity for a maximum of 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 0.50 ANCC
  • 0.50 Participation
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