Research and Training Center on Independent Living
Our collaboration with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment has been recognized as a CDC Grantee Success Story (click on Kansas on the map).
The story features the online course for healthcare providers that Amanda Reichard, PhD, and Jamie Simpson, MS, co-developed.
Collaborators
Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Disability and Health Program
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research
Collaborations to Enhance Independent Living
The RTC/IL collaborates with numerous organizations to produce research and trainings that benefit people with disabilities. Our collaborators include:
- The Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Disability and Health Program
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Other research centers at the University of Kansas and other universities
- Funding for our major research project comes from the National Institute of Disability Rehabilitation Research.
These are our latest collaborative products.
Healthcare Access for Persons with Disabilities (Online training)
This course is available free to providers nationwide. One CME/CNE is offered for a $10. This online course for healthcare professionals is designed to provide a better understanding of health, wellness and care issues for people with physical and sensory disabilities.
Physicians, nurses, social workers, other healthcare professionals and medical office staff will learn skills to increase effective communication and tips for problem solving to enhance quality care for people with disabilities.
To enroll:
• If you're in Kansas, go to Kansas TRAIN at http://ks.train.org or to the course information page.
• All others, go to www.train.org.
• Search for "Healthcare Access for Persons with Disabilities," course number 1025624 (University of Kansas).
• First-time users must create a login name and password.
The RTC/IL developed the course in collaboration with KDHE's Disability and Health Program.
Revised and Expanded Trainings: Healthcare Access for Persons with Disabilities - approved for continuing education by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. These trainings build upon the course listed above on the Kansas TRAIN system.
- Part I: Persons with Physical and Sensory Disabilities
- Part II: Persons with Developmental Disabilities
Data Inventory on the Employment and Health of Kansans with Disabilities
This publication supports improved data sharing for people who run programs that serve people with disabilities in Kansas and people who are conducting disability-related research.
This collaboration was funded by two grants: One from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, awarded to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, which contracts with the RTC/IL; and one from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to the Kansas Health Policy Authority, with a contract to KU's Center for Research on Learning.
