title: An interprofessional course using human patient simulation to teach patient safety and teamwork skills.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the effectiveness of human patient simulation to teach patient safety, team-building skills, and the value of interprofessional collaboration to pharmacy students.
  
  
  METHODS
  Five scenarios simulating semi-urgent situations that required interprofessional collaboration were developed. Groups of 10 to 12 health professions students that included 1 to 2 pharmacy students evaluated patients while addressing patient safety hazards.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Pharmacy students' scores on 8 of 30 items on a post-simulation survey of knowledge, skills, and attitudes improved over pre-simulation scores. Students' scores on 3 of 10 items on a team building and interprofessional communications survey also improved after participating in the simulation exercise. Over 90% of students reported that simulation increased their understanding of professional roles and the importance of interprofessional communication.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Simulation training provided an opportunity to improve pharmacy students' ability to recognize and react to patient safety concerns and enhanced their interprofessional collaboration and communication skills.
authors.affiliation: School of Pharmacy, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Columbia, MO, USA. vyasd80@gmail.com
authors.forename: Deepti
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vyas
authors.forename: Russell
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: McCulloh
authors.forename: Carla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dyer
authors.forename: Gretchen
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gregory
authors.forename: Dena
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Higbee
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004512:Education, Pharmacy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D010348:Patient Care Team; D061214:Patient Safety / Q000592:standards*; D016544:Patient Simulation; D024382:Professional Role; D013339:Students, Pharmacy