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Séverine Lalive D'Epinay Raemy1, Adeline Paignon, Saray Vega
1About the Authors Séverine Lalive D'Epinay Raemy, BScN, RN, is lecturer UAS, Geneva School of Health Sciences, HES-SO, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, Geneva, Switzerland. Adeline Paignon, PhD, is research assistant, Geneva School of Health Sciences, HES-SO, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland; Geneva Interprofessional Simulation Center, Geneva, Switzerland. Saray Vega, BScN, RN, is adjunct lecturer, Geneva School of Health Sciences, HES-SO, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, Geneva, Switzerland. Marie Emery, MScN, RN, is adjunct lecturer, Geneva School of Health Sciences, HES-SO, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, Geneva, Switzerland. Alexia Bourgeois, PhD, is research assistant, Geneva School of Health Sciences, HES-SO, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, Geneva, Switzerland.
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The literature underscores the importance of integrating intellectual disability content into undergraduate curricula to ensure that future health care professionals can provide appropriate care. Yet education on intellectual disability is often lacking or sporadic in undergraduate health professional training, and nursing schools have not been successful in educating students with the relevant and appropriate knowledge, skills, and attitudes. The purpose of this descriptive observational cross-sectional study was to evaluate if a 4-year nursing curriculum that includes components focused on the care of individuals with intellectual disability enabled students to acquire core knowledge by the end of the program.
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