Sustainability of an IPCP program within a federally qualified health center including interprofessional student team placements

Exploring experiential learning within interprofessional practice education initiatives for pre-licensure healthcare students: a scoping review

“…Our findings revealed that only two articles resulting from our search used IPP as the main concept in relation to IPP education initiatives in [ 55 , 56 ], whereas the term interprofessional collaborative practice (IPCP) was used in five articles [ 50 , 53 , 57 – 59 ] and interprofessional education and collaborative practice was used in one article [ 60 ]. In 30 articles IPE was the sole concept used in association with IPP education initiatives.…”

“…The effect of IPP on client and service outcomes that included health status was a purpose in two articles [ 59 , 62 ], while other articles aimed to evaluate experiences and perspectives of clients and their families on students engaged in IPP [ 50 , 78 , 84 ]. Six studies sought to assess the impact of the IPP initiative on clinical stakeholders and partnerships, such as effects of IPP on staff, collaboration or teamwork, practice efficiencies, and the health agency hosting placements [ 53 , 59 , 63 , 64 , 133 , 148 ].…”

“…Promoting an interprofessional ethos and client-/service user-centered care within a team were also identified as intentions of IPP education initiatives [ 57 , 61 , 133 ]. No explicit intention or purpose for the IPP education initiative was provided in six of the articles; authors in two of these articles refer to previous publications for details on the initiative [ 53 , 66 , 68 , 90 , 129 , 132 ].…”

“…Nature of student participation reflected how students were involved in the IPP education initiative. For 41 IPP initiatives described in the literature the learning experience was a clinical placement where students of at least one discipline were assigned to participate as part of their educational program with other students from other disciplines participating through elective coursework or volunteerism [ 49 , 53 , 55 , 56 , 59 , 62 , 63 , 68 , 74 , 77 , 81 – 87 , 93 , 95 , 96 , 98 , 103 , 104 , 106 , 107 , 109 , 111 – 113 , 115 , 120 , 123 , 128 , 131 , 134 , 135 , 137 , 141 , 142 , 146 , 148 ]. Terms that were considered synonymous with clinical placement included clinical rotation , training site , clerkship , and residency [ 68 , 77 , 83 , 86 , 93 , 112 , 123 ].…”

“…Services were provided to patients with specific conditions or disease processes that included chronic disease (e.g., COPD, diabetes, hypertension, HIV, etc.) [ 51 , 53 , 57 , 59 , 62 , 65 , 78 , 80 , 81 , 92 , 95 , 111 , 118 , 121 , 132 , 141 , 148 ], childhood obesity [ 73 ], dementia or cognitive decline [ 84 ], disabilities [ 49 , 61 , 83 , 114 ], orthopedics [ 63 , 137 ], and prenatal care [ 58 ]. Services were also provided to a mix of age and/or medical conditions, such as: complex and multiple health needs [ 50 , 134 ]; primary school students and patients with dementia [ 135 ]; and varied patient groups or sites associated with an IPP initiative (e.g., diabetes, frail elderly, maternity, nursing homes, palliative care, etc.)…”