title: Multiple interprofessional education activities delivered longitudinally within a required clinical assessment course.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine if the incorporation of multiple interprofessional educational (IPE) activities delivered as a longitudinal curriculum within a required clinical assessment course changed pharmacy students' perceptions regarding interprofessional collaboration.
  
  
  METHODS
  Seventy-one third-year pharmacy students participated in Clinical Assessment, a required applications-based course with a laboratory component. Nine separate IPE activities were embedded into the course longitudinally over the semester using various active-learning strategies and simulated patients. The IPE activities required student participation from medical, nursing, and physician assistant students.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Pharmacy students completed an 18-item validated survey instrument, the Interdisciplinary Education Perception Scale (IEPS), on the first (pre-survey) and last (post-survey) day of the course. After completing the course, scores improved on 16 of 18 survey items that measured pharmacy students' perceptions of interprofessional collaboration.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Incorporating multiple IPE activities longitudinally into a required clinical assessment course significantly changed pharmacy students' perceptions of interprofessional collaboration.
authors.affiliation: South Carolina College of Pharmacy, MUSC Campus, Charleston, South Carolina.
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shrader
authors.affiliation: South Carolina College of Pharmacy, MUSC Campus, Charleston, South Carolina.
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Griggs
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum / Q000639:trends*; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods; D004512:Education, Pharmacy / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D058025:Interdisciplinary Studies / Q000639:trends*; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D013339:Students, Pharmacy
keywords: clinical assessment; interprofessional; perceptions