The interprofessional clinical experience: interprofessional education in the nursing home

Abstract

The interprofessional clinical experience (ICE) was designed to introduce trainees to the roles of different healthcare professionals, provide an opportunity to participate in an interprofessional team, and familiarize trainees with caring for older adults in the nursing home setting. Healthcare trainees from seven professions (dentistry, medicine, nursing, nutrition, occupational therapy, optometry and social work) participated in ICE. This program consisted of individual patient interviews followed by a team meeting to develop a comprehensive care plan. To evaluate the impact of ICE on attitudinal change, the UCLA Geriatric Attitudes Scale and a post-experience assessment were used. The post-experience assessment evaluated the trainees' perception of potential team members' roles and attitudes about interprofessional team care of the older adult. Attitudes toward interprofessional teamwork and the older adult were generally positive. ICE is a novel program that allows trainees across healthcare professions to experience interprofessional teamwork in the nursing home setting.

Dental participation in geriatric interprofessional education courses: A systematic review

“…Only one study was published in 1981 and the other 6 were published between 2012 and 2015 indicating the recently increasing interest in research in this area. All publications originated from the United States . Three originated from the same centre, University of Alabama at Birmingham Geriatric Education Center, with 2 of them reporting on the same training experience and sample .…”

“…All publications originated from the United States . Three originated from the same centre, University of Alabama at Birmingham Geriatric Education Center, with 2 of them reporting on the same training experience and sample . The earlier one reported more details on the content and methodology of the programme, while the most recent one on the outcomes …”

“…Geriatric outreach facilities (i.e. nursing homes) were the main teaching venue in all studies where undergraduate students were involved, while faculty members were trained within University locations …”

“…The participant groups ranged from 38 to 193 persons and most of them volunteered to participate in the IPE programmes. Five studies described IPE training courses for undergraduate students, while there were 2 for faculty members . Two studies clarified that the dental students were seniors attending their 4th year and in one case participants were 3rd year dental students …”

An examination of students’ perceptions of their interprofessional placements in residential aged care

“…There has been considerable literature examining student attitudes to ageing, the majority focusing on nursing and medical students (Gonzales, Morrow-Howell, & Gilbert, 2010;King, Roberts, & Bowers, 2013;Lea, Mason, Eccleston, & Robinson, 2015;Rodgers & Gilmour, 2011) and only a limited number on students from other health professions (Sheppard et al, 2015;Zambrini, Moraru, Hanna, Kalache, & Nuñez, 2008). A recent study by Lea et al (2015) found that for second year nursing students, a supported residential aged care placement can influence attitudes towards older adults and working in aged care postgraduation.…”