title: An interprofessional diabetes experience to improve pharmacy and nursing students' competency in collaborative practice.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To improve pharmacy and nursing students' competency in collaborative practice by having them participate in an interprofessional diabetes experience involving social networking.
  
  
  METHODS
  An existing elective course on diabetes management was modified to include interprofessional content based on Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) competency domains. Web-based collaborative tools (social networking and video chat) were used to allow nursing and pharmacy students located on 2 different campuses to apply diabetes management content as an interprofessional team.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Mixed-method analyses demonstrated an increase in students' knowledge of the roles and responsibilities of the other profession and developed an understanding of interprofessional communication strategies and their central role in effective teamwork.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Interprofessional content and activities can be effectively integrated into an existing course and offered successfully to students from other professional programs and on remote campuses.
authors.affiliation: University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
authors.forename: Amy L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Pittenger
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Westberg
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rowan
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schweiss
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D003162:Competency-Based Education / Q000379:methods; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000628:therapy; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D004512:Education, Pharmacy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration; D060756:Social Networking; D013338:Students, Nursing; D013339:Students, Pharmacy
keywords: diabetes; interprofessional education; nursing; pharmacy students; social networking