Implementation of an interprofessional education session for postgraduate trainees

Abstract

Postgraduate residency training provides an opportunity to acquire and apply skills and behaviors learned through interprofessional education (IPE) sessions. Little data exists regarding the perceptions of resident trainees on benefits and barriers of IPE. In this paper, we describe the development and implementation of a case‐based IPE activity focused on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease management and inhaler technique in order to explore pharmacy and medicine resident perceptions of IPE. Perceptions of IPE were logged via survey and interviews in parallel with participation in the IPE activity and were analyzed with a constructivist grounded theory approach to identify common themes. Four themes supporting IPE models were found including better understanding of another profession's skills, integration of another profession's skill and perspective to improve patient care, recognition of gaps in expertise, and perception of time and coordination as barriers to learning with other professions. In conclusion, IPE activities improve and advance the perceptions and knowledge that medicine and pharmacy residents have about each other's professions.

Postgraduate pharmacy training: Much progress and much more to do

“…For postgraduate year 2 (PGY2) emergency medicine residents, Acquisto et al describe a novel learning experience in which residents are immersed in the emergency medical services system, an interprofessional educational (IPE) environment, to experience and impact medication use in the prehospital hospital setting 3 . Tedder et al also present incorporation of an IPE experience through the use of a patient case activity including pharmacy and medical residents 4 . Recognizing the need to train the next generation of stewards for antithrombotic therapy, Inglis et al describe their collaboration with the Anticoagulation Forum in developing a new PGY2 residency in Thrombosis and Hemostasis Management, establishing the structure for other programs to emulate 5 .…”