The Role of the Irish Division of the Royal Medico-PsychologicalAssociation in the Development of Intellectual Disability Nursing in Ireland | Zendy

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The Role of the Irish Division of the Royal Medico-PsychologicalAssociation in the Development of Intellectual Disability Nursing in Ireland

Author(s) -

J.F Sweeney

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

canadian journal of health history

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.117

H-Index - 13

eISSN - 2371-0179

pISSN - 0823-2105

DOI - 10.3138/cbmh.28.1.95

Subject(s) - scope (computer science) , irish , intellectual disability , workforce , nursing , curriculum , intellectual development , medicine , sociology , psychology , political science , pedagogy , psychiatry , law , developmental psychology , philosophy , linguistics , computer science , programming language

The development of a specialist intellectual disability workforce in independent Ireland by the Royal Medico-Psychological Association was influenced by nursing regulatory bodies and Catholic religious orders, the latter of which provided lay residential education to people with intellectual disabilities. Although the RMPA shaped curriculum and examinations, practice scope, clinical assessment and practical skills were weighted more heavily towards bedside nursing, psychology and education due to the input of the religious orders and nursing board.

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