Start Date
10-29-2016 9:45 AM
End Date
10-29-2016 10:45 AM
Description
Purpose: The program sought to emphasize the importance of interprofessional collaboration and to increase students’ awareness of the healthcare needs of veterans.
Background: The nursing program participates in the Joining Forces Initiative, launched in 2011, to support service members, veterans, and their families through wellness, education, and employment opportunities. Part of the charge is to call attention to critical issues facing service members and veterans and to educate healthcare providers about how to meet their unique needs. The School of Nursing and Health Sciences’ Interprofessional Education Committee saw an opportunity to accomplish both.
Program Description: A short video, “Fighting Chance,” introduced students to the challenges confronting veterans and their healthcare providers. Three speakers (veteran, nurse, and VA representative) discussed their perspectives of healthcare issues facing veterans. Students reflected on 3 case scenarios of veterans (Korean, Viet Nam, Iraqi Wars). Using an electronic group response system, students responded to questions (What were the 3 top problems? How would you prioritize the problems? Who would you want to be on your healthcare team to address the problems? A discussion followed.
Students (over 200) from two schools’ programs (nursing; nutrition; public health; communication disorders; social work, psychology) and alumni, and from Salus University participated. Students completed a pre/post the Readiness for Inter-Professional Learning Scale Questionnaire (RIPLS) and an evaluation of the program.
Results: Although there was no statistically significant difference between the pre and posttest scores, after mean scores increased for the combined groups. Students from across disciplines indicated that the program was valuable. One student commented: “Definitely a life changing lecture, amazingly powerful.”
Conclusion: An increased number of veterans will be cared for at VA and other healthcare agencies. Healthcare providers will benefit from understanding veterans’ healthcare needs from the vantage of healthcare professionals’ different skills.
Objectives:
- To describe the components of the interprofessional intervention addressing veterans’ and their families’ healthcare needs.
- To examine the differences across disciplines for items on the Readiness for Inter-Professional Learning Scale Questionnaire.
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Understanding the Healthcare Needs of Our Veterans
Purpose: The program sought to emphasize the importance of interprofessional collaboration and to increase students’ awareness of the healthcare needs of veterans.
Background: The nursing program participates in the Joining Forces Initiative, launched in 2011, to support service members, veterans, and their families through wellness, education, and employment opportunities. Part of the charge is to call attention to critical issues facing service members and veterans and to educate healthcare providers about how to meet their unique needs. The School of Nursing and Health Sciences’ Interprofessional Education Committee saw an opportunity to accomplish both.
Program Description: A short video, “Fighting Chance,” introduced students to the challenges confronting veterans and their healthcare providers. Three speakers (veteran, nurse, and VA representative) discussed their perspectives of healthcare issues facing veterans. Students reflected on 3 case scenarios of veterans (Korean, Viet Nam, Iraqi Wars). Using an electronic group response system, students responded to questions (What were the 3 top problems? How would you prioritize the problems? Who would you want to be on your healthcare team to address the problems? A discussion followed.
Students (over 200) from two schools’ programs (nursing; nutrition; public health; communication disorders; social work, psychology) and alumni, and from Salus University participated. Students completed a pre/post the Readiness for Inter-Professional Learning Scale Questionnaire (RIPLS) and an evaluation of the program.
Results: Although there was no statistically significant difference between the pre and posttest scores, after mean scores increased for the combined groups. Students from across disciplines indicated that the program was valuable. One student commented: “Definitely a life changing lecture, amazingly powerful.”
Conclusion: An increased number of veterans will be cared for at VA and other healthcare agencies. Healthcare providers will benefit from understanding veterans’ healthcare needs from the vantage of healthcare professionals’ different skills.
Objectives:
- To describe the components of the interprofessional intervention addressing veterans’ and their families’ healthcare needs.
- To examine the differences across disciplines for items on the Readiness for Inter-Professional Learning Scale Questionnaire.