title: Creation of an interprofessional clinical experience for healthcare professions trainees in a nursing home setting.
abstract: Successful interprofessional teams are essential when caring for older adults with multiple complex medical conditions that require ongoing management from a variety of disciplines across healthcare settings. To successfully integrate interprofessional education into the healthcare professions curriculum, the most effective learning experiences should utilize adult learning principles, reflect real-life practice, and allow for interaction among trainees representing a variety of health professions. Interprofessional clinical experiences are essential to prepare future healthcare professionals to provide quality patient care and understand the best methods for utilizing members of the healthcare team to provide that care. To meet this need, the University of Alabama at Birmingham Geriatric Education Center has developed an Interprofessional Clinical Experience (ICE) to expose future healthcare providers to an applied training experience with older adults in the nursing home setting. This paper outlines how this program was developed, methods used for program evaluation, and how the outcome data influenced program revisions.
authors: University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294-2041, USA. chann@uab.edu
authors: Channing R
authors: CR
authors: Ford
authors: Kathleen T
authors: KT
authors: Foley
authors: Christine S
authors: CS
authors: Ritchie
authors: Kendra
authors: K
authors: Sheppard
authors: Patricia
authors: P
authors: Sawyer
authors: Mark
authors: M
authors: Swanson
authors: Caroline N
authors: CN
authors: Harada
authors: Cynthia J
authors: CJ
authors: Brown
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000407:Alabama; D003479:Curriculum; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005853:Geriatrics / Q000193:education*; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D058025:Interdisciplinary Studies; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008875:Middle Aged; D017145:Models, Educational; D009735:Nursing Homes; D010348:Patient Care Team; D018579:Patient Selection; D011231:Preceptorship; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation