1. COURSE EVALUATION RESULTS
Online Learning to Promote Interprofessional Education: Lessons Learned
Mary Mauldin, EdD and Amy V. Blue, PhD
Medical University of South Carolina
BACKGROUND
COURSE ACTIVITIES
COURSE EVALUATION RESULTS
Interprofessional education (IPE) is recognized as a means to improve health professions training.1,2 IPE occurs when “two or more professions learn about, from and with each other to improve collaboration and the quality of health care.”3 While health professions educators are focused on IPE for their students, other professions can benefit from an interprofessional learning approach to improve teamwork processes and collaborative practices. Online learning provides an effective venue for IPE as it offers flexibility for scheduling and location of learning, as well as the potential to personalize instruction to individual needs.4 We implemented a required IPE course for our health professions students using an online format.
Introductory Session: Learning About Each Others Professions.
Student Comments:
Being able to do it online.
Collaboration with other students.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
SUMMARY
Course Goals: Provide an introductory IP learning experience for students to:
apply basic teamwork skills in an IP learning environment
define the roles of health professions other than their own in health care.
Increase knowledge of:
Health care system
Patient safety error/reduction
Cultural competency
Ethics
Social determinants of health/health disparities
Evidence-based decision making
Format: Small groups; 4 online modules, each with assignment and response to 2 peers; 4 face-to-face sessions (introductory, 2 content review/project work, project presentations); Interprofessional group project
Project Work Example : Analysis
of Fictional Sentinel Event
Course learning IP and content goals were achieved.
Students enjoy learning with students from other professions
Students appreciate the flexibility of the online environment.
Students want face to face meetings in addition to online work.
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REFERENCES
Institute of Medicine. Health professions education A bridge to quality.
Washington, DC: National Academy Press; 2003.
2. Blue AV, Zoller J, Stratton TD, Elam CL, Gilbert J. Interprofessional
education in US medical schools.J Interprof Care.2010 Mar;24(2):204-6.
World Health Organization. Framework for Action on Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice. Geneva: WHO; Winter 2010.
Casimiro L, MacDonald CJ, Thompson TL, Stodel EJ. Grounding theories of W(e)Learn: A framework for online interprofessional education. J Interprof Care 2009;23: