Oleh: Muhammad Farid Wajdi *)
BLOGGURU – Alhamdulillah, satu kesyukuran dan kebahagiaan tersendiri dapat menyelesaikan free course “Understanding Mental Capacity” dari situs OpenLearn, The Open University, Hari ini, Selasa (14/10/2025). Setelah menyelesaikan kursus, setiap peserta memperoleh “Statement of Participation” dan Badge “Understanding Mental Capacity”.
Apa dan Bagaimana itu Free Course “Understanding Mental Capacity” dari OpenLearn, The Open University. Berikut deskripsi dan learning outcomenya dalam Bahasa Inggris:
Course Description and About Badge
This free course, Understanding mental capacity, describes the principles and criteria underpinning the assessment of mental capacity and decision making in the UK. The course begins by looking at what mental capacity – and the lack of it – means. You will be introduced to various groups of people who are more likely to lack mental capacity, but you will also learn why it is relevant to everyone. You will look at what can be done to help someone to make a decision themselves and the principles and steps that enable people to judge, fairly, whether someone has capacity or not. You will be introduced to the legislation in the UK and will see how it supports and protects people who may lack capacity.
The course will appeal to those who support people aged 16 or over and who have to make decisions in order to address the variety of interpretation and inconsistent application of services in everyday provision. It will explain the law and how it is applied in a practical way for those making important decisions about other’s lives, such as health and social care staff, police, banks and insurance industry workers, and retailers.
Enrolling on the course will give you the opportunity to earn an Open University digital badge. Badges are not accredited by The Open University but they’re a great way to demonstrate your interest in the subject and commitment to your career, and to provide evidence of continuing professional development.
Once you are signed in, you can manage your digital badges online from My OpenLearn. In addition, you can download and print your OpenLearn statement of participation – which also displays your Open University badge.
This course is accredited by the CPD Standards Office . It can be used to provide evidence of continuing professional development and on successful completion of the course you will be awarded 24 CPD points. Evidence of your CPD achievement is provided on the free Statement of Participation awarded on completion.
Anyone wishing to provide evidence of their enrolment on this course is able to do so by sharing their Activity Record on their OpenLearn Profile, which is available before completion of the course and earning of the Statement of Participation.
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Course Learning Outcomes
After studying this course, you should be able to: (1) understand what is meant by mental capacity, (2) apply your knowledge about mental capacity to different scenarios and outline how to support and/or assess capacity for decision making in each case, (3) outline what is involved in a mental capacity assessment, and (4) identify what you would like to do next in relation to mental capacity in your personal life and/or career.
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Banyak materi pembelajaran, praktek atau studi kasus terkait “Understanding Mental Capacity” ini yang penulis peroleh sebagai pelengkap dari materi “Kesehatan Mental” atau “Kapasitas Mental” yang sebelumnya juga penulis pernah pelajari. Setelah mempelajari mata kuliah ini, penulis lebih bisa memahami: (1) Terkait Apa yang dimaksud dengan kapasitas mental, (2) menerapkan pengetahuan tentang kapasitas mental pada berbagai skenario dan menguraikan cara mendukung dan/atau menilai kapasitas pengambilan keputusan dalam setiap kasus, (3) menguraikan apa yang terlibat dalam penilaian kapasitas mental, dan (4) mengidentifikasi apa ingin/seharusnya dilakukan selanjutnya terkait kapasitas mental dalam kehidupan pribadi dan atau karier.
Lihat disini: MHC_1_statement_Muhammad Farid Wajdi Makkulau – Statement of Participation “Understanding Mental Capacity”
Demikianlah catatan singkat ini sebagai pengingat kegiatan ilmiah online (online free course) yang diikuti. Semoga bermanfaat adanya. Barakallahu fiikum. (*)
Minasatene-Pangkep, 14 Oktober 2025
(* Muhammad Farid Wajdi, Guru/Pengasuh Ponpes Modern Putri IMMIM Minasatene-Pangkep, Sulsel.
