Health and Disability: Partnerships in Action
‘Health and Disability: Partnerships in Action’ is a new teaching and learning package, produced through an interprofessional collaboration between dentists, dietitians, medical practitioners, nurses, occupational therapists, paramedics, physiotherapists, social workers, speech pathologists and students. The package focuses on:
- Interprofessional Education and Practice – a platform for interprofessional education and a springboard for appreciating the value and importance of interprofessional collaboration.
- Disability health – issues in the health and health care of people with developmental disabilities.
At the CDDHV, we recognise that those living with a disability are the experts on their own experience, and so their direct involvement in and contribution to the education of health care professionals is essential. We also believe that by improving their understanding of the health issues of people with disabilities and those who support them, health professionals will acquire valuable attitudes, knowledge and skills applicable to many other patients in their practice populations, including those with communication or cognitive difficulties, and those whose disadvantage and/or vulnerability requires their health professionals to provide proactive health care and advocacy.
Through ‘meeting’ people with disabilities students gain a personal context for their learning.
For more information:
Study Guides
- Accessing mental health services for people with an intellectual disability (pdf 225 KB)
- Communication tips (pdf)
- Consent for Medical / Dental Treatment (pdf)
- Health and Disability Study Guide for Health Professionals (pdf)
- Intellectual Disability (pdf)
- Some Important Developmental Disabilities (pdf)
- Useful services and resources for health professionals (pdf)
- Working with people with an intellectual disability in healthcare settings (pdf)
Order forms:
- Download the Health and Disability: Partnerships in Action order form (pdf 357 KB)
- Download the Health and Disability: Partnerships in Action order form (doc 840 KB)
Medicine ecart
If you would like to the order the products online, please visit our Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University ecart. If you are purchasing more than five products from ecart, please contact Caroline.Menara@med.monash.edu.au to discuss options.


