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Refugee and asylum seeker patient health toolkit (BMA Guidance)

Date launched

April - 2022

Ending date

Language/s

English

Focus

Teacher Training/ Education/ Healthcare

Type of resources

Electronic handbook

Education

Asynchronous

Country of lead organization

United Kingdom

Lead organization

British Medical Association (BMA)

Who is financing it?

British Medical Association (BMA)

Target population

This guidance is for doctors who may be uncertain about the specific health needs and entitlement to different types of care of patients who are refugees and asylum seekers. It may also be helpful to other healthcare professionals and staff. This guidance aims to reach doctors in UK.

Summary

This toolkit enable learners to:
-Learn about the experiences of refugees and asylum seekers who come to the UK and how this impacts their health needs.
-Understand refugees' and asylum seekers' entitlement to NHS care.
-Learn about the unique health challenges faced by asylum seekers and refugees and ways to overcome the barriers they face when attempting to access care.

URL

Main Objectives

The topics of the toolkit are:

  1. Who are refugees or asylum seekers?
  2. Claiming asylum in the UK
  3. Refugees' and asylum seekers' entitlement to NHS care
  4. Unique health challenges for refugees and asylum seekers
  5. Overcoming barriers to refugees and asylum seekers accessing care
  6. Managing language barriers for refugees and asylum seekers

Pedagogical methodologies used

Self - learning.

Identified innovation elements

Open Education Resource.

Lesson learnt

Scability potential

This guidance can be reused and adjusted for other parts of Europe.

Others comments

It is available as an online resource and downloadable as PDF.