Assessing the Impact of a Student-Run Interprofessional Lunch & Learn Series on Medical Student Core Interprofessional Competencies
Start Date
5-19-2012 1:30 PM
End Date
5-19-2012 1:45 PM
Description
Purpose: To examine Inter-Professional competencies among medical students, and to assess increases in medical student knowledge of other healthcare fields as a result of the Inter-Professional Lunch and Learn series.
Background: The Interprofessional Health Series is a series of lectures, talks, and discussion sessions given by Health care professionals to medical students, to increase their knowledge of other medical professions. The study was designed to explore the knowledge of medical students about other professions; the paradigm changes brought about by the lectures and the future effects on medical practices.
Description of Intervention or Program: First & second year medical students at the University of Kentucky who have attended past Inter-Professional health series (IPHS) events, as well as a group of first and second year medical students who have NOT participated in the IPHS will be recruited as participants in the research study. This study will use a mixed methodology (questionnaire & focus group) to collect information that will allow the researchers to better understand the impact of the Inter-Professional Lunch and Learns on students who participated in one or more of the series. Subsequently, one or more of the Principle or Co-Investigators will conduct two focus groups (one consisting of participants in the Inter-Professional Lunch and Learn series and one consisting of medical students who chose not to participate in the Inter-Professional Lunch and Learn series), in a private conference room on the University of Kentucky Lexington campus.
Preliminary Findings: Reviews of the Inter-Professional Lunch and Learn Series have been largely positive. Attendants have expressed the desire for a more formal inclusion of Inter-Professional Education in the Medical curriculum. Focus group interviews of participants in comparison with non-participants in the Lunch & Learn will be shared during the presentation.
Relevance to Inter-Professional Education or Practice: Increasing the awareness of medical students of other professions early in the medical curriculum goes a long way in fostering beneficial collaboration among medical professionals later in their careers.
Recommendations for future investigation and/or incorporation into education and/or practice settings: We recommend that more medical schools adopt this student run Inter-Professional Health Colloquium as it opens the portals of communication among students of different medical professions.
Learning Objectives:
- To identify the values of Inter-Professional education in the medical curriculum.
- To foster the desire to practice in Inter-Professional settings among medical students.
Assessing the Impact of a Student-Run Interprofessional Lunch & Learn Series on Medical Student Core Interprofessional Competencies
Purpose: To examine Inter-Professional competencies among medical students, and to assess increases in medical student knowledge of other healthcare fields as a result of the Inter-Professional Lunch and Learn series.
Background: The Interprofessional Health Series is a series of lectures, talks, and discussion sessions given by Health care professionals to medical students, to increase their knowledge of other medical professions. The study was designed to explore the knowledge of medical students about other professions; the paradigm changes brought about by the lectures and the future effects on medical practices.
Description of Intervention or Program: First & second year medical students at the University of Kentucky who have attended past Inter-Professional health series (IPHS) events, as well as a group of first and second year medical students who have NOT participated in the IPHS will be recruited as participants in the research study. This study will use a mixed methodology (questionnaire & focus group) to collect information that will allow the researchers to better understand the impact of the Inter-Professional Lunch and Learns on students who participated in one or more of the series. Subsequently, one or more of the Principle or Co-Investigators will conduct two focus groups (one consisting of participants in the Inter-Professional Lunch and Learn series and one consisting of medical students who chose not to participate in the Inter-Professional Lunch and Learn series), in a private conference room on the University of Kentucky Lexington campus.
Preliminary Findings: Reviews of the Inter-Professional Lunch and Learn Series have been largely positive. Attendants have expressed the desire for a more formal inclusion of Inter-Professional Education in the Medical curriculum. Focus group interviews of participants in comparison with non-participants in the Lunch & Learn will be shared during the presentation.
Relevance to Inter-Professional Education or Practice: Increasing the awareness of medical students of other professions early in the medical curriculum goes a long way in fostering beneficial collaboration among medical professionals later in their careers.
Recommendations for future investigation and/or incorporation into education and/or practice settings: We recommend that more medical schools adopt this student run Inter-Professional Health Colloquium as it opens the portals of communication among students of different medical professions.
Learning Objectives:
- To identify the values of Inter-Professional education in the medical curriculum.
- To foster the desire to practice in Inter-Professional settings among medical students.
