Interdisciplinary Teaching Safe Transitions Care Based Session
Start Date
5-19-2012 1:00 PM
End Date
5-19-2012 1:15 PM
Description
Background: Transitions of Care, the coordination of discharge care outside the hospital, have been identified as a key element of patient care and critical component of health professions education nationwide. In addition, the AAMC has newly identified Core Competencies for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice. We believed that the introduction of safe care transitions and the interprofessional team model would be ideal on internal medicine intern orientation day.
Methods: First, during the intern orientation lecture section, a fifteen minute overview of transitions of care was given. Second, there was a 40 minute small group session. Each group had an internal medicine physician-moderator, social worker, clinical pharmacist, and visiting nurse. Each group reviewed 2 cases focusing on safe discharge from hospital to home or skilled nursing facility. Each case highlighted the role of the interprofessionals and each discipline was given ample opportunity to provide information for the case, highlight their role, and emphasize key high risk discharge issues.
Results: An IRB approved survey using a 5 point Likert scale was used. 24 (42.8%) agreed and 31 (55.3%) strongly agreed the session enhanced their ability to identify threats to a safe hospital discharge. 33 (58.9%) agreed and 23 (41%) strongly agreed that after attending the session, they feel more confident in understanding of the roles of other health care professionals participating in the discharge process. 8 (14.2%) agreed and 48 (85.7%) strongly agreed that the use of other healthcare professionals to teach this topic was effective.
Conclusion: This interprofessional case-based discussion on teaching safe transitions demonstrated an overall increased confidence in knowledge of discharge transitions, threats to safe hospital discharge, and interprofessional roles in discharge process.
Interdisciplinary Teaching Safe Transitions Care Based Session
Background: Transitions of Care, the coordination of discharge care outside the hospital, have been identified as a key element of patient care and critical component of health professions education nationwide. In addition, the AAMC has newly identified Core Competencies for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice. We believed that the introduction of safe care transitions and the interprofessional team model would be ideal on internal medicine intern orientation day.
Methods: First, during the intern orientation lecture section, a fifteen minute overview of transitions of care was given. Second, there was a 40 minute small group session. Each group had an internal medicine physician-moderator, social worker, clinical pharmacist, and visiting nurse. Each group reviewed 2 cases focusing on safe discharge from hospital to home or skilled nursing facility. Each case highlighted the role of the interprofessionals and each discipline was given ample opportunity to provide information for the case, highlight their role, and emphasize key high risk discharge issues.
Results: An IRB approved survey using a 5 point Likert scale was used. 24 (42.8%) agreed and 31 (55.3%) strongly agreed the session enhanced their ability to identify threats to a safe hospital discharge. 33 (58.9%) agreed and 23 (41%) strongly agreed that after attending the session, they feel more confident in understanding of the roles of other health care professionals participating in the discharge process. 8 (14.2%) agreed and 48 (85.7%) strongly agreed that the use of other healthcare professionals to teach this topic was effective.
Conclusion: This interprofessional case-based discussion on teaching safe transitions demonstrated an overall increased confidence in knowledge of discharge transitions, threats to safe hospital discharge, and interprofessional roles in discharge process.
