TY - JOUR
T1 - Interprofessional education in practice
T2 - evaluation of a work integrated aged care program
AU - LAWLIS, Tanya
AU - WICKS, Alison
AU - JAMIESON, Maggie
AU - Grealish, Laurie
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to acknowledge and thank Mrs Sue Bromhead from Canberra Institute of Technology for her hard work during the development and implementation of the IPE pilot program, Mrs Deborah Booth and Ms Qing Ling from the Calvary Retirement Community Canberra for their support and guidance and the support provided by Ms Amelia Di Tommaso, Ms Emily Molan and Ms Kristel Apelo.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Elsevier Ltd.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Health professional clinical education is commonly conducted in single discipline modes, thus limiting student collaboration skills. Aged care residential facilities, due to the chronic and complex health care needs of residents, provide an ideal placement to provide a collaborative experience. Interprofessional education is widely acknowledged as the pedagogical framework through which to facilitate collaboration. The aim of the evaluation was to assess student attitudes towards collaboration after active involvement in an interprofessional education program. Students studying nursing, occupational therapy, and aged care were invited to complete a version of the Readiness for Interprofessional Learning Scale before and after participating in a three-week pilot interprofessional program. A positive change in student attitudes towards other health professionals and the importance of working in interprofessional teams was reported with significant differences between two statements indicated: Learning with health-care students before qualifications would improve relationships after qualifications; and I learned a lot from the students from the other disciplines. The innovative pilot project was found to enhance student learning in interprofessional teams and the aged care environment. Further development of this and similar interprofessional programs is required to develop sustainable student projects that have health benefits for residents in aged care residential facilities.
AB - Health professional clinical education is commonly conducted in single discipline modes, thus limiting student collaboration skills. Aged care residential facilities, due to the chronic and complex health care needs of residents, provide an ideal placement to provide a collaborative experience. Interprofessional education is widely acknowledged as the pedagogical framework through which to facilitate collaboration. The aim of the evaluation was to assess student attitudes towards collaboration after active involvement in an interprofessional education program. Students studying nursing, occupational therapy, and aged care were invited to complete a version of the Readiness for Interprofessional Learning Scale before and after participating in a three-week pilot interprofessional program. A positive change in student attitudes towards other health professionals and the importance of working in interprofessional teams was reported with significant differences between two statements indicated: Learning with health-care students before qualifications would improve relationships after qualifications; and I learned a lot from the students from the other disciplines. The innovative pilot project was found to enhance student learning in interprofessional teams and the aged care environment. Further development of this and similar interprofessional programs is required to develop sustainable student projects that have health benefits for residents in aged care residential facilities.
KW - Health professional clinical education
KW - student collaboration skills
KW - Aged care residential facilities
KW - chronic and complex health care needs
KW - interprofessional education program
KW - Aged care
KW - Interprofessional education
KW - Dementia
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UR - http://www.mendeley.com/research/interprofessional-education-practice-evaluation-work-integrated-aged-care-program-1
U2 - 10.1016/j.nepr.2015.11.010
DO - 10.1016/j.nepr.2015.11.010
M3 - Article
SN - 1471-5953
VL - 17
SP - 161
EP - 166
JO - Nurse Education in Practice
JF - Nurse Education in Practice
ER -