We are developing resource materials to support the Intellectual Disability Health Capability Framework for universities and other education providers.
The Framework was made with the Department of Health and Aged Care.
The Framework sets out what students studying to be health professionals should learn about intellectual disability health. Health professionals are people who help you take care of your health such as doctors, nurses, and dentists.
Why the resources are needed
Students studying to be health professionals do not learn enough about intellectual disability to provide quality care to people with intellectual disability.
The amount of information taught has not changed in over 20 years.
The resource materials will help educators use the Framework so they can teach students about health care for people with intellectual disability.
What we are doing
We are creating several resources, including:
- A list of intellectual disability health resources for educators to use.
- New materials such as case studies, videos, lecture and tutorial plans, a role play scenario and example assessment questions.
- A co-education toolkit with information for educators on how they can best work with lived experience educators.
The project is run in a co-designed way. People with lived experience are advising us through all stages of the process.
What we aim to achieve
We hope that the materials made in this project will support health students to become better future health professionals when working with people with intellectual disability.
More background about this project can be found at the Department of Health and Aged Care website.
Consultations
Consultations with the education sector
Letter of support from Medical Deans Australia and New Zealand
Students' experiences and preferences regarding intellectual disability health education: Summary of our findings
Co-teaching consultations
We asked people with intellectual disability and their carers, family and supporters how they want to be involved in co-teaching health content to students.
Co-teaching means teaching together with someone else.
Thank you to all those who took part.
Here is a summary of what people told us
Project team
Claire Eagleson, Jenna Zhao, Seeta Durvasula, Marianne Gibney-Quinteros, Tahli Hind, Julian Trollor
Our resources and education work
Watch a video about what the Framework is and why it's important.
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