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Training future health providers to care for the underserved: a pilot interprofessional experience.
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This brief communication describes a pilot interprofessional learning experience designed to introduce medicine and pharmacy students to critical health issues affecting at-risk, vulnerable patients and helping students learn the value of functioning effectively in interprofessional teams.Abstract:
Introduction: Interprofessional teamwork is essential for eff ective delivery of health care to all patients, particularly the vulnerable and underserved. Th is brief communication describes a pilot interprofessional learning experience designed to introduce medicine and pharmacy students to critical health issues aff ecting at-risk, vulnerable patients and helping students learn the value of functioning eff ectively in interprofessional teams. Methods: With refl ective practice as an overarching principle, readings, writing assignments, a community-based immersion experience, discussion seminars, and presentations were organized to cultivate students' insights into key issues impacting the health and well-being of vulnerable patients. A written program evaluation form was used to gather students' feedback about this learning experience. Results: Participating students evaluated this learning experience positively. Both quantitative and qualitative input indicated the usefulness of this learning experience in stimulating learners' thinking and helping them learn to work collaboratively with peers from another discipline to understand and address health issues for at-risk, vulnerable patients within their community. Discussion: Th is pilot educational activity helped medicine and pharmacy students learn the value of functioning eff ectively in interprofessional teams. Given the importance of interprofessional teamwork and the increasing need to respond to the health needs of underserved populations, integrating interprofessional learning experiences in health professions training is highly relevant, feasible, and critically needed.read more
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Currently Available Tools and Teaching Strategies for the Interprofessional Education of Students in Health Professions: Literature review.
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The effectiveness of interprofessional education: Key findings from a new systematic review
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TL;DR: Despite some useful progress being made in relation to strengthening the evidence base for IPE, the paper concludes by stressing that further rigorous mixed method studies are needed to provide a greater clarity of IPE and its effects on professional practice and patient/client care.
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Content analysis in health education research: an introduction to purposes and methods.
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An interprofessional service-learning course: uniting students across educational levels and promoting patient-centered care.
TL;DR: A pilot interprofessional education course that included a total of 10 nursing, BS health psychology, premedical, and pharmacy students helped students gain greater respect for the contributions of other professions and made them more patient centered.
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Structuring communication relationships for interprofessional teamwork (SCRIPT): a Canadian initiative aimed at improving patient-centred care.
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