Designing and Evaluating an Interprofessional Experiential Course Series Involving Medical and Pharmacy Students

Designing and Evaluating an Interprofessional Experiential Course Series Involving Medical and Pharmacy Students

To prepare first-year and second-year pharmacy and medical students to build effective collaborative health care teams by participating in an interprofessional experiential 6-semester course series. An interprofessional experiential course series was designed using a variety of teaching methods to a...

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Published in:American journal of pharmaceutical education Vol. 80; no. 5; p. 1
Main Authors: Rotz, Melissa E, Duen[approximate]as, Gladys G, Zanoni, Aileen, Grover, Anisha B
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Alexandria Elsevier Limited 30-05-2016
Subjects:
Accreditation
Ambulatory care
Behavior
Collaboration
Communication
Core competencies
Curricula
Experiential Learning
Health education
Interprofessional education
Learning
Perceptions
Pharmaceutical Education
Pharmacy
Physicians
Professions
Student attitudes
Teaching Methods
Teamwork
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Summary:To prepare first-year and second-year pharmacy and medical students to build effective collaborative health care teams by participating in an interprofessional experiential 6-semester course series. An interprofessional experiential course series was designed using a variety of teaching methods to achieve both interprofessional and experiential learning outcomes. A standardized objective behavioral assessment was developed to measure team performance of interprofessional communication and teamwork. In addition, student perceptions were measured using a validated instrument. A majority of teams demonstrated appropriate competence with respect to interprofessional communication and teamwork. Additionally, a majority of students expressed positive perceptions of interprofessional collaboration with respect to teamwork, roles and responsibilities, and patient outcomes. An interprofessional experiential course series can be successfully implemented to achieve both interprofessional and experiential learning outcomes. Highly collaborative teams and positive student perceptions provide evidence of achievement of interprofessional education learning outcomes.
ISSN:0002-9459
1553-6467