Offer Presentation for Local Hospitals and Offices Copy
Most
university teaching hospitals host weekly Grand Rounds where clinicians
receive training on specific medical subjects. In addition, medical
offices regularly engage in Lunch and Learn sessions with their
employees. Your organization can offer to give presentations and share
resources at these learning sessions, and your presentation can focus on
best practices for delivering a diagnosis. You
may also choose to train parents who are prepared to share about their
diagnosis experiences in a constructive way on a parent panel.
Lettercase Training Tools You Can Use:
You can find templates for the following presentations on the Lettercase website:
- 30-60 Minute Lunch and Learn presentation for medical offices on our “Training for Advocacy Organizations” page: https://www.lettercase.org/education/advocacy-organizations/lunch-and-learn-presentation-to-deliver-to-medical-professionals/
- 1.5-2 hour online learning module that you can use with medical professionals, “PHT 201: Medical Professionals: Improving the Prenatal Diagnosis Experience and Long-Term Patient Outcomes with Accurate, Up-to-Date, and Balanced Information about Genetic Conditions”: https://www.hdilearning.org/product/pht-201-prenatal-genetic-counselors/
Eventually
most advocacy organizations find that they build ongoing relationships
where they are regularly invited by hospitals and offices to share their
expertise and resources.
Advocacy organizations also sometimes host their own presentations for medical professionals and may offer health symposiums or bring in national speakers, such as Dr. Brian Skotko, to appeal to medical professionals.
Example:
“We
maintain a list of hospitals with labor/delivery and go visit at least
once a year to provide leave behind literature for professionals to use
when presenting a diagnosis. We have also provided Lettercase
materials to Maternal Fetal, genetics and OB/Gyn professionals at Lunch
and Learn.” — The Down Syndrome Guild of Great Kansas City