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Overview of “Disability Assessments” Family Practice Skills Course

Goh Lee Gan
The Singapore Family Physician Vol 40 No 4 - Disability Assessments
8 - 9
1 October 2014
0377-5305
This Family Practice Skills Course (FPSC 60) is sponsored by Ministry of Health. Thanks are also due to the Ministry of Health (MSF) for supporting this Family Practice Skills Course. There are two objectives in organizing this FPSC. The first objective is the recruitment of family physicians and certification to be Eldershield Accredited Assessors for disability assessment. The certification process is for new Assessors. The second objective is the continuing medical education to update Family Physicians in disability assessment, updating of concepts of disability namely, the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF), prevention, and interventions in the care of people with disability. The course is conducted over the weekend of 18-19 October.