title: Attaining interprofessional competencies through a student interprofessional fellowship program.
abstract: For students interested in enriching their interprofessional competencies beyond those required and offered by their academic programs, an elective interprofessional education fellowship can serve that need. We designed a fellowship for students linking a conceptual framework grounded in adult learning principles. During the fellowship, students progress through three levels of learning as they acquire, apply, and demonstrate interprofessional collaborative knowledge and skills; fellowship activities are self-directed. A content analysis of students' fellowship summary reports sought to determine the effectiveness of the fellowship as a learning experience to acquire interprofessional collaborative competences. Results indicated that students most consistently report competencies associated with acquisition of values and ethics for interprofessional practice, roles/responsibilities, and teams/teamwork; interprofessional communication was implied. All students expressed commitment to interprofessional collaborative behavior when in practice. Based on the results from this study, this fellowship structure may serve as a model for other institutions to adapt and implement for best practice and best fit.
authors.affiliation: Office of Interprofessional Education, University of Florida , Gainesville, FL , USA .
authors.forename: Amy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Blue
authors.forename: Maralynne
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mitcham
authors.forename: Yiannis
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Koutalos
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Howell
authors.forename: Amy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Leaphart
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005257:Fellowships and Scholarships / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D018794:Problem-Based Learning; D011361:Professional Competence; D024382:Professional Role
keywords: Collaborative competence; content analysis; interprofessional education