Patient Instructor Training Program for BIPOC Adults with IDD
Pre-service training for healthcare professionals to understand rights and interaction with people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The project will provide training to self-advocates with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities (IDD) from racial and ethnic minority backgrounds to serve as patient instructors in the academic program for medical and healthcare students.
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WITH Foundation
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Principal investigator
Kiyoshi Yamaki, UIC College of Applied Health Sciences
Co-investigators
Katilin Stober, UIC College of Applied Health Sciences
Jae Jin Park, UIC College of Applied Health Sciences
TJ Gordon, UIC College of Applied Health Sciences
Maureen Gecht, UIC College of Medicine