Online Learning

A slide from a presentation about the SAME/FAME program. There is a red diagram on the left and black text on the right.

Self-Advocates and Family Advocates as Medical Educators

University of Oklahoma SAME/FAME is an interdisciplinary class to teach healthcare students how to care for people with ID/DD, working collaboratively with clients and their families. The SAME/FAME program held 24 classes, reaching 238 health care students. Evaluation results show that the training impacted students’… Read More »Self-Advocates and Family Advocates as Medical Educators

A screenshot of the Canvas system at Rush displaying one of the modules. There is a picture of students working together.

Advanced Interprofessional E-Service Learning Experience with People with IDD (AISLE)

Rush University Pilot Project In a service learning course, interprofessional student teams collaborate with individuals with IDD, their caregivers, and staff from a local community-based organization during a series of telehealth sessions. Interprofessional student teams representing two or more health care professions will partner with… Read More »Advanced Interprofessional E-Service Learning Experience with People with IDD (AISLE)

Interprofessional Core Curriculum for the IDD Workforce

St. John Fisher University/University of Minnesota Pilot Project A flexible core curriculum that can be used by organizations working in IDD health, integrated into academic credit-bearing courses, or incorporated into a service learning project. The Golisano Institute for Developmental Disability Nursing at Fisher created an… Read More »Interprofessional Core Curriculum for the IDD Workforce