title: Educating for collaborative practice.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe a baccalaureate-level course which is designed to help allied health professions students develop an understanding of collaborative practice among interdisciplinary components of a health care system and to report on a survey which assessed the effectiveness of the course for clinical laboratory science graduates.
  
  
  METHODS
  University of Kentucky, a large (24,000 students) state-assisted institution
  
  
  METHODS
  Baccalaureate clinical laboratory science program
  
  
  METHODS
  A college-wide course helps students develop an understanding of the linkages of the major components of a health care system and introduces the techniques necessary to function in an interdisciplinary team.
  
  
  METHODS
  Perception of benefit from the course by clinical laboratory science graduates.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Graduates report that the course helped them develop a larger perspective of health care delivery beyond that of their own discipline and aided in their understanding of group processes and group problem-solving.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Clinical laboratory science curricula can benefit from the inclusion of a college wide course which introduces a broad perspective of health care delivery and group process concepts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Kentucky Center for Rural Health, Hazard 41701, USA. jmbric@pop.uky.edu
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brickell
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Huff
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fraley
mesh_terms: D000488:Allied Health Personnel / Q000193:education*; D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques / Q000193:education*; D003479:Curriculum; D006126:Group Processes; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007629:Kentucky; D010348:Patient Care Team