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Key Terms and Concepts Surrounding the Global Context for Displaced Persons
Understand terminology used when discussing migration and displacement
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Courtland Robinson
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Courtland Robinson

Courtland Robinson researches populations in migration, including those displaced by conflict, natural disasters, and human trafficking

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Introduction

We constantly hear terms such as displaced person, refugee, and asylum seeker. This course will help explain these terms. It will also explore factors influencing an individual's decision to leave their home and the difficulties they may experience in the country where they find a safe haven. This course will focus on developing an understanding of the key terms and concepts surrounding displacement.

Aims

The aim of this course is to explore key terms and concepts that are relevant to global displacement.

Outline

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

  1. Video
  2. Reading activity
  3. 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

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 - Reading Physiopedia pages, journal articles, book chapters. Watching videos. Attempting quizzes. 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 1.2 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:

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

Learning outcomes

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

  • explain key terminology and basic concepts relevant to migration and displacement
  • identify two types of migration and at least two reasons for migration
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