Event Title
Designing and Evaluating an Interprofessional Practice Experience Involving Dental and Pharmacy Students
Start Date
10-29-2016 11:00 AM
End Date
10-29-2016 12:00 PM
Description
Purpose: To describe the design and evaluation of an innovative interprofessional practice experience involving pharmacy and dental students.
Background: Accreditation standards for pharmacy and dentistry schools mandate that interprofessional education (IPE) is introduced and practiced throughout the curriculum. There is a paucity of data involving interprofessional practice experiences with dental and pharmacy students.
Description of Program: Pharmacy and dental student-teams conduct health and medication histories for patients seen at Temple University’s dental admissions clinic. Additionally, these teams collaborate to conduct tobacco cessation counseling for current tobacco users. This interprofessional practice experience was designed to prepare students to build more effective collaborative healthcare teams. In order to evaluate this experience, we measured student perceptions with the SPICE-R Instrument and collected student and faculty feedback regarding achievement of pre-specified learning objectives for the experience.
Preliminary Results: The SPICE-R pre- and post-surveys were completed by 108 students (80 dental and 18 pharmacy) as part of the experience. Mean item scores significantly increased, indicating that student perceptions were more favorable after the practice experience. Mean scores on factor subscales significantly increased for all students (Interprofessional Teamwork and Team-Based Practice from 4.35 to 4.63, p<0.001; Roles/Responsibilities for Collaborative Practice from 4.08 to 4.48, p<0.001; Patient Outcomes from Collaborative Practice from 4.3 to 4.57, p<0.001). The item and factor subscale increases were similar when analyzed separately by profession. The majority of dental and pharmacy faculty and students agreed that the learning objectives of this practice experience were achieved.
Relevance: Pharmacy and dental students’ perceptions about IPE and collaborative practice were more favorable after completing this interprofessional practice experience which is consistent with previous studies.
Recommendations: Evaluation of student perceptions of IPE can be utilized as one strategy to demonstrate learner outcomes within IPE. Faculty feedback can be utilized to evaluate IPE outcomes and improve practice experiences.
Learning Objectives
- Describe approaches for engaging students and faculty in interprofessional practice experiences.
- Describe assessment strategies and tools that can be used to evaluate interprofessional practice experiences.
- Design an innovative interprofessional curriculum within a collaborative practice environment with attention to actualizing academic and clinical partnerships.
Designing and Evaluating an Interprofessional Practice Experience Involving Dental and Pharmacy Students
Purpose: To describe the design and evaluation of an innovative interprofessional practice experience involving pharmacy and dental students.
Background: Accreditation standards for pharmacy and dentistry schools mandate that interprofessional education (IPE) is introduced and practiced throughout the curriculum. There is a paucity of data involving interprofessional practice experiences with dental and pharmacy students.
Description of Program: Pharmacy and dental student-teams conduct health and medication histories for patients seen at Temple University’s dental admissions clinic. Additionally, these teams collaborate to conduct tobacco cessation counseling for current tobacco users. This interprofessional practice experience was designed to prepare students to build more effective collaborative healthcare teams. In order to evaluate this experience, we measured student perceptions with the SPICE-R Instrument and collected student and faculty feedback regarding achievement of pre-specified learning objectives for the experience.
Preliminary Results: The SPICE-R pre- and post-surveys were completed by 108 students (80 dental and 18 pharmacy) as part of the experience. Mean item scores significantly increased, indicating that student perceptions were more favorable after the practice experience. Mean scores on factor subscales significantly increased for all students (Interprofessional Teamwork and Team-Based Practice from 4.35 to 4.63, p<0.001; Roles/Responsibilities for Collaborative Practice from 4.08 to 4.48, p<0.001; Patient Outcomes from Collaborative Practice from 4.3 to 4.57, p<0.001). The item and factor subscale increases were similar when analyzed separately by profession. The majority of dental and pharmacy faculty and students agreed that the learning objectives of this practice experience were achieved.
Relevance: Pharmacy and dental students’ perceptions about IPE and collaborative practice were more favorable after completing this interprofessional practice experience which is consistent with previous studies.
Recommendations: Evaluation of student perceptions of IPE can be utilized as one strategy to demonstrate learner outcomes within IPE. Faculty feedback can be utilized to evaluate IPE outcomes and improve practice experiences.
Learning Objectives
- Describe approaches for engaging students and faculty in interprofessional practice experiences.
- Describe assessment strategies and tools that can be used to evaluate interprofessional practice experiences.
- Design an innovative interprofessional curriculum within a collaborative practice environment with attention to actualizing academic and clinical partnerships.