SINGAPORE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE IN
SOCIAL PRESCRIBING
WHO Academy Course:
Social Prescribing (Chinese ver.)
Overview: The target audience of the course are both organisations and individuals, such as community health care facilities, long-term care facilities, mental health clinicians, and healthcare workers. Policy makers and health and social welfare authorities may also find the content useful for decision making related to their policies and processes related to social services. The course aims to provide simple and concrete steps to implement social prescribing so that managers and staff at community health care facilities feel confident and empowered to utilise social prescribing as a pathway to improve health and wellbeing.
The online learning course will be based on the link worker competencies listed in the WHO Social prescribing toolkit.
Course duration: Approximately 2 hours.
What you'll learn
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Define social prescribing and the social determinants of health
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Use appropriate communication skills, identify and analyse patients’ needs in the context of social determinants of health
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Implement social prescribing activities to improve the overall wellbeing of patients
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Locate and match community resources with patients
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Evaluate your own practice and impact on patients as a link worker
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Ensure your own wellbeing as a link worker
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Further develop your skills as a link worker
Module 1: Defining social prescribing and understanding the social determinants of health
About this video
After completing this module, learners will respond to the following questions:
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What is social prescribing?
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Who is social prescribing for?
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Why social prescribing? How does it address the social determinants of health?
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How does social prescribing fit in the WHO Western Pacific Regional Action Plan?
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Who are the link workers? And why are they key to social prescribing?
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Who can fulfill the link worker role?
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How is social prescribing supporting person-centred care?
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What is new about link workers and social prescribing?
Module 2: Interacting and implementing social prescriptions with the patient
About this video
After completing this module, learners will respond to the following questions:
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How to listen to patients and motivate them to implement changes in their lives using the motivational approach?
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How to understand the needs, concerns and expectations of patients by doing a patient assessment?
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How to empower patients in finding ways to improve their wellbeing using a wellbeing plan?
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The referral – how to support patients in implementing their wellbeing plan in the community?
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What are common challenges you will need to address as a link worker?
Module 3: Partnerships with healthcare providers
About this video
After completing this module, learners will respond to the following questions:
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How to set up a social prescribing scheme with a healthcare provider?
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How to make sure an adequate referral system is set up with the healthcare provider?
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How to manage your relationship with these services?
Module 4: Locate and match community resources
About this video
After completing this module, learners will respond to the following questions:
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How to support communities using an asset-based approach?
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How to ensure safeguarding of beneficiaries?
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How to ensure adequate follow up with community organisations?
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How can SP support community building following a crisis?
Module 5: Evaluate your practice and its impact on patients; develop your skills; Taking care of you
About this video
After completing this module, learners will respond to the following questions:
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How to measure the success of your social prescribing scheme?
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How to improve your practice through peer-review?
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How to maintain your wellbeing as a link worker?
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How to act ethically as a link worker?
Please note that the Chinese online learning courseware on this page has been reproduced with permission from the WHO Academy.