Your guide to NYC's public proceedings.
Q&A
Training for DOHMH clinical staff on providing care to patients with disabilities
1:08:16
ยท
67 sec
Council Member Linda Lee inquires about the training DOHMH clinical staff receive on providing appropriate and respectful care to patients with disabilities. The discussion reveals some uncertainty about the specifics of the training and its effectiveness.
- Clinical staff take required New York State training, which is believed to include content on sensitivity and disability access
- Council Member Lee expresses interest in feedback on the training's effectiveness and how often it's reevaluated
- Deputy Commissioner Friesen acknowledges the need to look into the details of the New York State training and get back with more information
Linda Lee
1:08:16
Okay.
1:08:18
And I'm assuming I can guess the answer to the next question, do DOHMH's clinical staff receive any training on providing appropriate respectful care to patients disabilities and how often are employees required to take such trainings?
1:08:32
I know you asked a similar question to chair Narcisse.
Julie Friesen
1:08:35
Yeah, so our clinical staff take the required New York State training which I believe includes some content around
Linda Lee
1:08:58
I
UNKNOWN
1:08:44
sensitivity and disability access.
Linda Lee
1:08:49
Have you received like I'm curious to know what the feedback is of that training from a lot of the clinical staff.
1:08:56
Is it something where it's just checking a box, which I'm sure may be partly true for some folks, but how often is that training reevaluated to make it engaging and to ensure that they're receiving the knowledge that they need?
1:09:10
For the
Julie Friesen
1:09:12
training for clinicians, the New York State training?
1:09:15
We'll have to look into that and get back to Perfect,
Linda Lee
1:09:18
thank you.
1:09:20
Oh yeah, sorry, let me pass this to Chair Narcis.