Applying the ICF in Health Policies and Administration

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Deepen your understanding of how the ICF is used in administrative and policy contexts

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Patricia Saleeby

Dr Patricia Welch Saleeby is internationally recognised for her role in promoting the ICF

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Introduction

The International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) is a tool used in clinical settings, research, and policy development to understand functioning and disability. Many countries have adopted the ICF as a reference framework to help develop health and social policies and legislation on disabilities and related areas. As a result, the ICF has a broad application at the population and health and social service levels. This course will discuss the application of the ICF in developing health and administration policies at local, national and international levels.

Aims

This course aims to describe how the ICF can be used in health administration, policy development, and programme evaluation.

Outline

This course is made up of videos, reading, forum posts and a final quiz. The course content is split into the following sections:

Video
Reading activity
Quiz

Target audience

This course is aimed at rehabilitation professionals, students and assistants including but not limited to Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists, Rehabilitation Doctors, Rehabilitation Nurses, Prosthetists, Orthotists, Psychologists, Audiologists, Dietetics, Social Workers. Community Health Workers, Nurses or Medical Doctors interested in this subject are also invited to participate.

Practicalities

Availability - this course is online and can be completed on your own schedule.

Hours of Learning - No deadlines are applied to this course and it can be started and completed in your own time according to your personal schedule. We expect the required elements to take around 1-1.5 hours depending on your schedule and learning style. Additionally there are many optional resources provided and if you choose to review these the course could take longer to complete.

Types of Activities - Watching videos, reading, a final quiz and participating in an international discussion forum.

Certificates - At the end of the course, when you have completed all of the required elements, you will be able to download a certificate of completion and 1 Plus points will be added to your personalised learning dashboard.

Requirements to complete this course

In order to complete this course and receive a course completion certificate plus CEUs/CCUs/CPD points you will need to:

Respect the Plus Community Culture.
Log all the required learning activities as complete (represented by the orange icons!).
Actively and appropriately participate in the course discussions.
Pass a final quiz with a score of 80% or more.
Complete a course evaluation form.

Learning outcomes

At the end of this course you will be able to:

discuss how the ICF framework can be used to develop health policies
describe the benefits of using the ICF for health administrators
explain how the ICF can be integrated with electronic medical records and electronic health records

Instructor financial and non-financial disclosures

Patricia Saleeby: I have several grants related to education/training, clinical practice, and research regarding the WHO classification systems (ICD and ICF) from different funders.
Financial: I receive some financial compensation from these grants in terms of salary supplements. I am developing a clinical course with a focus on the ICF and WHODAS for social workers
Non-financial: I receive some non-financial compensation from these grants in terms of travel support.
Additionally, I am a member of several WHOFIC working groups and committees related to the international classifications.

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For special needs or accommodations please contact us with details of how we can meet your needs.

Featured reviews

(Translated)I recommend taking the International Classification of Functioning programme, which includes 5 courses. They are quite theoretically rich and provide an opportunity to study new material on the ICF with the possibility of further application in clinical practice. .

Oksana Viliura

Physiotherapist

Ukraine

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