Impact of Interprofessional Activities on Health Professions Students’ Knowledge of Community Pharmacists’ Role and Services

Vrontos, Emily B.; Kuhn, Catherine; Brittain, Kristy

doi:10.5688/ajpe758152

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“…However, IPE participation itself was not significantly associated with improved knowledge scores. Previous studies have shown that specific IPE interventions can improve knowledge of health professional roles (Vrontos et al, 2011). In the study by Vrontos, et al, students who attended a university-wide interprofessional day were more knowledgeable about pharmacist-provided services.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 96%

Perceptions of Preparedness for Interprofessional Practice: A Survey of Health Professional Students at Three Universities

Sevin¹,

Pruchnicki²,

Ulbrich³

et al. 2015

Innov Pharm

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 96%

Perceptions of Preparedness for Interprofessional Practice: A Survey of Health Professional Students at Three Universities

Sevin¹,

Pruchnicki²,

Ulbrich³

et al. 2015

Innov Pharm

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“…The current interprofessional (IP) medicine and pharmacy therapeutics and prescribing literature have focused predominantly on student views at the end of, or shortly following, individual IPE sessions. A number of studies reported that medical students showed a positive change in perception of the role of another profession following IPE 6–15. Vrontos et al reported that perception of a pharmacist’s role improved significantly among other healthcare students following a 1 day IPE event,6 and others have found that IPE positively moderated stereotypical beliefs 16…”

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confidence: 99%

Evaluating an undergraduate interprofessional education session for medical and pharmacy undergraduates on therapeutics and prescribing: the medical student perspective

Shelvey¹,

Coulman

John

2016

AMEP

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BackgroundThe current literature on undergraduate interprofessional education (IPE) for pharmacy and medical students highlights a range of positive outcomes, although to date IPE has focused predominantly on student views and experiences of IPE sessions with these opinions being sought at the end of the sessions. This study aimed to evaluate medical students’ experiences of therapeutics and prescribing IPE, with pharmacy students, 1 year following the session.MethodsFollowing ethics committee approval, 3rd year medical students at Cardiff University were invited to participate using non-probability sampling. Topic guide development was informed by the literature and research team discussions, including a review of the materials used in the IPE session. Semi-structured one-to-one interviews explored experiences, prior to, during, and after the IPE session. Interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim, and analyzed thematically.ResultsEighteen medical students were interviewed; 11 were females. Seven themes were identified, namely 1) refinement of pre-session preparation, 2) session value, 3) learning with a pharmacy student, 4) learning about a pharmacist, 5) learning from a pharmacy student, 6) importance and application of what was learnt into practice, and 7) suggestions for change.ConclusionThis study provides a valuable insight into medical students’ experiences of a therapeutics and prescribing IPE session and emphasizes the value they placed on interaction with pharmacy students. Medical students were able to recall clear learning experiences from the IPE session that had taken place 12 months earlier, which itself is an indicator of the impact of the session on the students. Furthermore, they were able to describe how knowledge and skills learnt had been applied to subsequent learning activities. Those developing IPE sessions should consider the following: clarify professional roles in the session content, incorporate IPE as a series of activities, and use small groups of students to optimize student–student interaction and active learning.

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“…9 Finally, and perhaps most practically, 1 study showed that educating nonpharmacy healthcare students about what pharmacists do increases student awareness of services provided by pharmacists. 10 Only recently have researchers measured the value of incorporating IPE experiences using simulation for prelicensure healthcare students. 11 One study looked at an IPE curriculum using simulation mannequins to teach cardiac resuscitation and intravenous access.…”

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confidence: 99%

An Introductory Interprofessional Exercise for Healthcare Students

MacDonnell

Rege

Misto

et al. 2012

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

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Objective. To evaluate healthcare students' perceptions of an introductory interprofessional exercise and their team dynamics. Design. A workshop was developed, combining second-year medical students, fourth-year nursing students, and third-year pharmacy students to work as an interdisciplinary team. The teams alternated between working together on patient cases focusing on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma, and on the evaluation of standardized pneumonia patients. Teams were given the patients' health information and no other instructions. A faculty member and the standardized patient evaluated the students using a teamwork global rating scale. Assessment. Student survey results showed a positive response to interprofessional teamwork. The faculty members and standardized patients reported that the students worked as a cohesive unit and demonstrated good team communication.Conclusions. This introductory interprofessional experience had a positive impact on the students' understanding of collaboration and teamwork. This type of experience will help students foster future collaborations as healthcare providers.

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Impact of Interprofessional Activities on Health Professions Students’ Knowledge of Community Pharmacists’ Role and Services

Cited by 15 publications

References 10 publications

Perceptions of Preparedness for Interprofessional Practice: A Survey of Health Professional Students at Three Universities

Perceptions of Preparedness for Interprofessional Practice: A Survey of Health Professional Students at Three Universities

Evaluating an undergraduate interprofessional education session for medical and pharmacy undergraduates on therapeutics and prescribing: the medical student perspective

An Introductory Interprofessional Exercise for Healthcare Students

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