Disability Awareness Series: Understanding Physical Disabilities and Chronic Health Conditions (FD4SEP25)

AvailabilityPlaces available (course only available for users whose main occupation is dental trainer/faculty or gp trainer/faculty or medical trainer/faculty or public health trainer/faculty)  Add to basket
SubjectFaculty Development
DescriptionThis course looks at physical disabilities and chronic health conditions in more depth, to increase your awareness and provide you with knowledge on how you might support a postgraduate doctor or dentist with a physical disability or chronic health condition. The course is part of a series of Understanding Disability workshops for Faculty, Educational/Clinical Supervisors and Medical Education Teams. We recommend attending the Introduction to Disability Awareness Course first. Course topics include: - The language used around disabilities - Exploring physical disabilities, with a specific focus on: Multiple Sclerosis Mobility impairments, including paralysis, amputation, muscular dystrophy and Cerebral Palsy Repetitive Strain Injuries - Exploring chronic health conditions, with a specific focus on: Chronic Pain disorders, such as fibromyalgia Diabetes Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Migraine Disorders - Discussing how these conditions might affect someone during their training and in the clinical workplace - The Equality Act - An exploration of reasonable adjustments - How you can support a trainee or colleague with a hidden disability
Additional information

Joining Instructions

This is a virtual course, the joining instructions for the virtual meeting will be added to the documents section (above) before the course. Please ensure that you are able to access this before the course so that you are ready to join on the day.

Booking cancellation

Participants must make every effort to attend courses they have booked. If your availability changes after booking, please cancel your place through Maxcourse as soon as possible. This will release the place for colleagues on the waiting list.

If you need to cancel within 1 week of the course or the course has started and you are not able to attend, please email england.lsfdcourses.yh@nhs.net to give your apologies

VenueVirtual (Microsoft Teams), - Virtual  View details
Date & timeThursday 4 September 2025, 10:00 to 13:00
LecturerAmber Hampton-Johnston  View details
Target audience

This course is only available to Educational Supervisors, Education Leads, Training Programme Directors and Senior Faculty within Yorkshire and the Humber.

Mandatory: Dentist, or Doctor, or Public Health Professional

Course styleWorkshop
CateringNo catering
CPD points0.000
CostNo charge
Aims

The aim is to provide you with knowledge of physical disabilities and chronic health to support postgraduate doctors or dentists through their training programme and in the clinical environment.

Objectives

The objectives for this course are:

• To understand what a disability is and how this might affect someone working in a clinical environment.

• To understand Multiple Sclerosis and different mobility impairments.

• To understand fibromyalgia and diabetes.

• To develop an understanding of how a trainee may be impacted educationally and clinically.

• To recognise what adjustments are available.

• To obtain the knowledge to support postgraduate doctors or dentists through their training programme and in the clinical environment.

Learning outcomes

On completion of the course, you will:

• Have an overview of what MS and mobility impairments are and how this may affect someone studying or working.

• Have an overview of what fibromyalgia and diabetes are and how this may affect someone studying or working.

• Be able to effectively support postgraduate doctors or dentists through their training programme and in the clinical environment.

• Have an awareness of appropriate adjustments for trainees or colleagues.