Joshua D. Hamer , Roma Nayyar , Sudha Yarlaggadda , Kelley Arredondo , Judith Pechacek , Molly J. Horstman , Kyler M. Godwin
{"title":"Interprofessional quality improvement simulation: A virtual simulation activity for geographically distributed learners","authors":"Joshua D. Hamer , Roma Nayyar , Sudha Yarlaggadda , Kelley Arredondo , Judith Pechacek , Molly J. Horstman , Kyler M. Godwin","doi":"10.1016/j.xjep.2024.100737","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.xjep.2024.100737","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>There is a recognized need for distance learning approaches to overcome barriers to traditional QI training. Virtual learning environments present challenges for delivering interprofessional learning activities. Therefore, we drew from the knowledge of subject matter experts in education, distance learning, and team science to appropriately adapt a QI simulation for the virtual environment as part of a national QI training program. The virtual simulation integrated aspects of team development (i.e., team formation, communication, designation of team member roles, developing a team charter) into the Model for Improvement to train geographically distributed fellows. The developmental strategy of the simulation activity was guided by a learner-centered design approach such that expected outcomes and behaviors of the learning activity were identified <em>a priori</em>. The activity garnered good participant responsiveness from interdisciplinary postdoctoral learners (Advanced Practice Nurse Practitioners, Registered Nurses, Pharmacists, Physicians, Clinical Psychologists, Licensed Clinical Social Works, other clinical and postdoctoral healthcare trainees) such that 81 % (<em>n</em> = 54) of learners’ responses on a 5-point Likert scale (1 = Poor, 5 = Very Well) indicated the learning activity was effective at helping them improve their knowledge of principles and tools to enhance team performance and data utilization. This adaptation of a QI learning activity fostered QI competence among a group of nationally distributed interprofessional fellows.</div></div><div><h3>Format</h3><div>Flexible hybrid virtual and/or in-person activity, small group simulation activity, large group discussion, and large group debrief.</div></div><div><h3>Target audience</h3><div>Interprofessional QI trainees that range from beginner to intermediate levels of experience using QI methodologies.</div></div><div><h3>Objectives</h3><div>By the end of this activity, learners will be able to:<ul><li><span>1.</span><span><div>Apply improvement principles and tools to improve team performance</div></span></li><li><span>2.</span><span><div>Utilize effective team-building and communication strategies for improvement work</div></span></li><li><span>3.</span><span><div>Interpret data to guide improvement in team performance</div></span></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><span>1.</span><span><div>Apply improvement principles and tools to improve team performance</div></span></li><li><span>2.</span><span><div>Utilize effective team-building and communication strategies for improvement work</div></span></li><li><span>3.</span><span><div>Interpret data to guide improvement in team performance</div></span></li></ul></div></div>","PeriodicalId":37998,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interprofessional Education and Practice","volume":"38 ","pages":"Article 100737"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143097966","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Improving chronic care management through asynchronous telehealth simulations","authors":"Angela L. Goodhart , Jennifer Momen","doi":"10.1016/j.xjep.2024.100736","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.xjep.2024.100736","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Interdisciplinary approaches to chronic care have been shown to improve health outcomes both in person and via telehealth. This article details a replicable activity involving telehealth simulations with asynchronous collaboration between student pharmacists and student physician assistants in an interprofessional activity focusing on chronic care management between the Physician Assistant and Doctor of Pharmacy programs. The activity consisted of six standardized patient encounters with components of asynchronous communication between each series of encounters. Qualitative data was analyzed for emerging themes as well as for predefined themes corresponding to the four Interprofessional Education Collaborative core competencies for interprofessional education: <em>roles and responsibilities</em>, <em>teamwork</em>, <em>communication</em>, and <em>values and ethics</em>. The asynchronous interprofessional chronic care management telehealth simulation was well received by students in both programs and allowed learners to practice providing virtual care and collaborating as part of a team in a realistic manner, strengthening the competencies of teamwork and communication.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":37998,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interprofessional Education and Practice","volume":"38 ","pages":"Article 100736"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143097973","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"National Academies of Practice (NAP) comments on file code CMS-1807-P","authors":"Joanne M. Wisely","doi":"10.1016/j.xjep.2024.100731","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.xjep.2024.100731","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37998,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interprofessional Education and Practice","volume":"37 ","pages":"Article 100731"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143176242","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Neil J MacKinnon PhD, FASHP, FCSHP, FNAP, Preshit Ambade DrPH
{"title":"NAP's national survey of workplace mental health and well-being","authors":"Neil J MacKinnon PhD, FASHP, FCSHP, FNAP, Preshit Ambade DrPH","doi":"10.1016/j.xjep.2024.100732","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.xjep.2024.100732","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37998,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interprofessional Education and Practice","volume":"37 ","pages":"Article 100732"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143176243","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maureen Ellen Johnson , Nicole Rodriquez , Norman Cadiz Belleza , Nicole Stark
{"title":"Watch a therapist get sued: A medicolegal interprofessional simulation on rehabilitation therapy documentation","authors":"Maureen Ellen Johnson , Nicole Rodriquez , Norman Cadiz Belleza , Nicole Stark","doi":"10.1016/j.xjep.2024.100735","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.xjep.2024.100735","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Health science educators are charged with the responsibility to teach paper and electronic medical documentation to include accuracy of documentation aligned with standards of practice and ethical principles. Characteristically, ethical principles are taught in discipline-specific curriculum. This article describes an interprofessional education (IPE) medicolegal simulation-based learning activity designed for and implemented with occupational therapy (OT) and physical therapy (PT) graduate students. Activities included watching a simulated student OT and PT co-treatment vignette, reviewing student documentation in a simulated medical chart that was co-signed by the simulated clinical supervisors, observing a live deposition with the simulated clinical supervisors by legal representation, and debriefing the simulation focusing on the Interprofessional Education Collaborative Core Competency Domain: Values and Ethics.<sup>1</sup> The learning objectives for this simulation were for students to better understand the values and ethics of professional written and verbal communication and to be able to explain the significance of accurate medical documentation for safe and effective delivery of patient care. A reflective assignment for students to expand on their IPE experience was used to assess students. Most students provided insightful perspectives and authentic comments demonstrating a better understanding of standards of ethical conduct through written documentation. This article will provide the means to integrate an immersive medicolegal IPE simulation, focusing on the importance of medical documentation that can be modeled in respective educational and clinical programs.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":37998,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interprofessional Education and Practice","volume":"37 ","pages":"Article 100735"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142699479","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Interprofessional values and ethics curriculum for first year health professions students","authors":"Jesse Gilreath , S. Alicia Williams , Jodi Polaha","doi":"10.1016/j.xjep.2024.100734","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.xjep.2024.100734","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>An Interprofessional Values and Ethics session was developed within the context of a larger Interprofessional Education program to teach early learners of various health profession programs to work collectively to explore social determinants of health as part of ethical and patient-centered care. The full program was delivered across fall and spring semesters of the first year of training for health science students. Students were provided didactic prework and collaborated in their small interprofessional groups during the Values and Ethics session to develop an interprofessional code of ethics. Finally, students participated in a team-based simulation using the IHELP tool to explore social determinants of health with standardized patients. Interprofessional co-facilitators guided each group of students through the session, assessing their interprofessional skill and ability to use the IHELP tool. Students and facilitators completed evaluations of the session, including quantitative and qualitative responses.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":37998,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interprofessional Education and Practice","volume":"37 ","pages":"Article 100734"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142663641","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nicholas M. Hudak , Mitchell Tod Heflin , Diana McNeill
{"title":"Increasing interprofessional education experiences and collaboration: Outcomes of a virtually-based continuing education program","authors":"Nicholas M. Hudak , Mitchell Tod Heflin , Diana McNeill","doi":"10.1016/j.xjep.2024.100730","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.xjep.2024.100730","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Purpose</h3><div>An academic medical center implemented a yearlong virtual continuing education program to prepare health professions educators to develop, deploy and evaluate new interprofessional educational experiences for providers and learners.</div></div><div><h3>Materials and methods</h3><div>Primary program outcome measures were the number of participants who (1) completed the program, (2) presented a medical education topic to program participants, and (3) designed an interprofessional educational experience in collaboration with fellow participants or colleagues. Participation outcomes were measured by session attendance and completion of presentations on the medical education topic and designed interprofessional educational experience. Surveys administered at 3 time points assessed participants’ perceptions of the program. Changes in knowledge, skills, and attitudes were analyzed using paired t-tests.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Nineteen participants (100 %) from 7 professions achieved the primary program participation outcomes and met their own goals. There were statistically significant increases in knowledge and skills at the end of the program. High rates of implemented interprofessional educational experiences (57 %) were reported one year after program completion. Participants also identified program strengths and areas for improvement.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Longitudinal continuing education programs in virtual formats can support both individuals and teams of educators in their own professional development and in designing interprofessional education experiences.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":37998,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interprofessional Education and Practice","volume":"37 ","pages":"Article 100730"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142663639","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sharla King , Melanie Garrison , Efrem Violato , Charlotte McCartan
{"title":"Getting everyone on the same page: Assessing interprofessional competencies during student placements","authors":"Sharla King , Melanie Garrison , Efrem Violato , Charlotte McCartan","doi":"10.1016/j.xjep.2024.100728","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.xjep.2024.100728","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37998,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interprofessional Education and Practice","volume":"37 ","pages":"Article 100728"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142538351","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Veronica Young , Yiqiu Yan , Philippa J. Mason , Lauren El-Assad , Mary Mulvaney
{"title":"Preparing health care learners using an interprofessional virtual simulation: A team-based community intervention","authors":"Veronica Young , Yiqiu Yan , Philippa J. Mason , Lauren El-Assad , Mary Mulvaney","doi":"10.1016/j.xjep.2024.100729","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.xjep.2024.100729","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The COVID-19 pandemic illuminated the complexities of a public health crisis and the health disparities associated with social determinants of health (SDOH). Health care practitioners are uniquely positioned to address SDOH. The goal of this virtual interprofessional simulation is to prepare health care learners to engage with stakeholders during team-based community interventions. The 3-h experience includes small group discussions on SDOH in interprofessional teams, simulation with role-play modeling a community task force meeting, and debrief. An internally developed survey was administered at the end of each simulation to assess impact on knowledge, skills, attitudes, and commitment to change. At least seven health professions participated. Findings showed the activity was well received, met learning objectives, and addressed IPEC core competencies. Learners gained the knowledge and skills essential to collaboratively develop an intervention plan. Thematic analysis revealed commitment to community involvement and advocacy and seeking collaboration to promote change.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":37998,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interprofessional Education and Practice","volume":"37 ","pages":"Article 100729"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142533506","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}