Advancing interprofessional education through the use of high fidelity human patient simulators.
requires coordinated teamwork and communication between healthcare professionals of different disciplines. Unfortunately, healthcare professional students are rarely afforded the opportunity to learn effective methods of interprofessional (IP) communication and teamwork strategies during their educa...
| Published in: | Pharmacy Practice (1886-3655) Vol. 11; no. 2; pp. 61 - 66 |
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Centro de Investigaciones y Publicaciones Farmaceuticas S.L.
Apr-Jun2013
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=89704417&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 89704417 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 1885642X 3EAU jtl: Pharmacy Practice (1886-3655) issn: 1885642X maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Apr-Jun2013 vid: 11 iid: 2 pid: 36266 pub: Centro de Investigaciones y Publicaciones Farmaceuticas S.L. artinfo: ui: 89704417 104209342 104209342 10.4321/S1886-36552013000200001 89704417 ppf: 61 ppct: 5 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Advancing interprofessional education through the use of high fidelity human patient simulators. aug: au: SMITHBURGER, Pamela L. KANE-GILL, Sandra L. KLOET, Megan A. LOHR, Brian SEYBERT, Amy L. affil: Assistant Professor. Department of Pharmacy and Therapeutics, School of Pharmacy, University of Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh PA (United States). sug: subj: Education, Pharmacy Education, Interdisciplinary Learning Methods Patient Simulation Multidisciplinary Care Team Student Attitudes Human Communication Teamwork Interprofessional Relations Students, Nursing Students, Pharmacy Students, Medical Students, Allied Health Students, Social Work Surveys Descriptive Statistics Interrater Reliability Confidence Intervals Pilot Studies Colleges and Universities Pennsylvania Videorecording Summated Rating Scaling Analysis of Variance Post Hoc Analysis Intraclass Correlation Coefficient ab: requires coordinated teamwork and communication between healthcare professionals of different disciplines. Unfortunately, healthcare professional students are rarely afforded the opportunity to learn effective methods of interprofessional (IP) communication and teamwork strategies during their education. The question of how to best incorporate IP interactions in the curricula of the schools of health professions remains unanswered. Objective: We aim to solve the lack of IP education in the pharmacy curricula through the use of high fidelity simulation (HFS) to allow teams of medical, pharmacy, nursing, physician assistant, and social work students to work together in a controlled environment to solve cases of complex medical and social issues. Methods: Once weekly for a 4-week time period, students worked together to complete complex simulation scenarios in small IP teams consisting of pharmacy, medical, nursing, social work, and physician assistant students. Student perception of the use of HFS was evaluated by a survey given at the conclusion of the HFS sessions. Team communication was evaluated through the use of Communication and Teamwork Skills (CATS) Assessment by 2 independent evaluators external to the project. Results: The CATS scores improved from the HFS sessions 1 to 2 (p = 0.01), 2 to 3 (p = 0.035), and overall from 1 to 4 (p = 0.001). The inter-rater reliability between evaluators was high (0.85, 95% CI 0.71, 0.99). Students perceived the HFS improved: their ability to communicate with other professionals (median =4); confidence in patient care in an IP team (median=4). It also stimulated student interest in IP work (median=4.5), and was an efficient use of student time (median=4.5) Conclusion: The use of HFS improved student teamwork and communication and was an accepted teaching modality. This method of exposing students of the health sciences to IP care should be incorporated throughout the curricula. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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