Assessment of fitness to drive (FTD) is performed in various ways in Europe, as highlighted in the EU-Consensus project (IST-2001-37092). The most noticeable differences concern the procedures followed in the assessment, the tools and methods used, and the background of the assessment personnel per se. In some countries, practical FTD assessors are re-oriented experts in driving (this is the case for example in The Netherlands1) while in other countries, these kinds of assessors have a paramedical background (Belgium, and to a certain extent in Sweden) and are additionally to that trained as a driving examiner (this is the case in Belgium). Moreover, other specialists play an important role in the team, like medical doctors (MDs), who are generally legally responsible for the final FTD decision, and (neuro-) psychologists, who have to perform an examination related to cognitive functioning for brain damaged clients or for clients suffering from a CNS degenerative disorder. Providing assessors with information on assessment procedures, on existing tools, on particular cases, etc., and proposing guidelines to help them in their everyday practice, are the first necessary steps towards driving assessment standardisation, and hence quality improvement. To this aim, the IDEA consortium has developed several training curricula for the different categories of personnel taking part in the FTD assessment process. This deliverable presents the different curricula that were developed. These should remain open for adaptation. Given that the FTD field is in continuous evolution with regard to the legal matters, and/or due to the discovery of new treatments for pathologies, of new technology or techniques, each of the curricula presented here has to be periodically updated. (Author/publisher)
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