title: A novel pain interprofessional education strategy for trainees: assessing impact on interprofessional competencies and pediatric pain knowledge.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Health care trainees⁄students lack knowledge and skills for the comprehensive clinical assessment and management of pain. Moreover, most teaching has been limited to classroom settings within each profession.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To develop and evaluate the feasibility and preliminary outcomes of the 'Pain-Interprofessional Education (IPE) Placement', a five-week pain IPE implemented in the clinical setting. The utility (content validity, readability, internal consistency and practical considerations) of the outcome measures was also evaluated.
  
  
  METHODS
  A convenience sample of 21 trainees from eight professions was recruited over three Pain-IPE Placement cycles. Pre- and postcurriculum assessment included: pain knowledge (Pediatric Pain Knowledge and Attitudes Survey), IPE attitudes (Interdisciplinary Education Perception Scale [IEPS]) and IPE competencies (Interprofessional Care Core Competencies Global Rating Scales [IPC-GRS]), and qualitative feedback on process⁄acceptability.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Recruitment and retention met expectations. Qualitative feedback was excellent. IPE measures (IEPS and IPC-GRS) exhibited satisfactory utility. Postcurriculum scores improved significantly: IEPS, P<0.05; IPC-GRS constructs, P<0.01; and competencies, P<0.001. However, the Pediatric Pain Knowledge and Attitudes Survey exhibited poor utility in professions without formal pharmacology training. Scores improved in the remaining professions (n=14; P<0.01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There was significant improvement in educational outcomes. The IEPS and IPC-GRS are useful measures of IPE-related learning. At more advanced training levels, a single pain-knowledge questionnaire may not accurately reflect learning across diverse professions.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Pain-IPE Placement is a successful collaborative learning model within a clinical context that successfully changed interprofessional competencies. The present study represents a first step at defining and assessing change in interprofessional competencies gained from Pain-IPE.
authors.forename: Judith P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Hunter
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stinson
authors.forename: Fiona
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Campbell
authors.forename: Bonnie
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Stevens
authors.forename: Susan J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Wagner
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Simmons
authors.forename: Meghan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: van Wyk
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003479:Curriculum; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008297:Male; D059408:Pain Management / Q000379:methods*; D010865:Pilot Projects