Partnering to Transform Health Outcomes with Persons with IDD (PATH-PWIDD)

Description

ICI is collaborating with several organizations on this project, which was developed to improve health and healthcare for persons with IDD by improving education received by students and professionals in medicine, nursing, and other healthcare fields. The project will meet this goal by designing, implementing, and disseminating an interprofessional education and practice program to be integrated into existing courses across disciplines. The project ​uses the Collective Impact Model, a social change process that emphasizes collaboration among stakeholders, including advocates with IDD, family members, support people and caregivers, healthcare education and practice leaders, community organizations, and financial experts.

ICI's first task on this project will be an environmental scan of existing curriculum and other training materials developed for healthcare professionals to work more effectively with people with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (IDD). ICI staff will then use that information to run Participatory Planning and Decision Making groups with people with IDD, their family members and healthcare professionals to identify gaps in healthcare professional training related to serving people with IDD. ICI will also assist with the evaluation of the newly-developed curriculum materials for healthcare professionals and of the project as a whole.

Contact

Brian H Abery, Renata Ticha

Director

Brian H Abery, Renata Ticha

Website

path-pwidd.org/

Funder

Administration on Community Living, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Subcontract from

Rush University Medical Center

Collaborators

Rush University Medical Center

St. John Fisher University

University of Illinois at Chicago, HealthMatters Program

Villanova University, M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing

Staff