title: Tools to investigate how interprofessional education activities link to competencies.
abstract: Integrating interprofessional education (IPE) activities and curricular components in health professions education has been emphasized recently by the inclusion of accreditation standards across disciplines. The Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) established IPE competencies in 2009, but evaluating how activities link to competencies has not been investigated in depth. The purpose of this project is to investigate how well two IPE activities align with IPEC competencies. To evaluate how our IPE activities met IPEC competencies, we developed a checklist and an observation instrument. A brief description of each is included as well as the outcomes. We analyzed Disaster Day, a simulation exercise that includes participants from Nursing, Medicine, and Pharmacy, and Interprofessional Healthcare Ethics (IPHCE), a course that introduced medical, nursing, and pharmacy students to ethical issues using didactic sessions and case discussions. While both activities appeared to facilitate the development of IPE competencies, Disaster Day aligned more with IPEC competencies than the IPHCE course and appears to be a more comprehensive way of addressing IPEC competencies. However, offering one IPE activity or curricular element is not sufficient. Having several IPE options available, utilizing the tools we developed to map the IPE curriculum and evaluating competency coverage is recommended.
authors.affiliation: College of Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Bryan, TX, USA; west@medicine.tamhsc.edu.
authors.forename: Courtney
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: West
authors.affiliation: College of Pharmacy, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Kingsville, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Veronin
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Bryan, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Landry
authors.affiliation: College of Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Round Rock, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Terri
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kurz
authors.affiliation: College of Pharmacy, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Bree
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Watzak
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Quiram
authors.affiliation: College of Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Round Rock, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Lori
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Graham
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D026690:Ethics, Clinical / Q000193:education*; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D013337:Students, Medical; D013338:Students, Nursing; D013339:Students, Pharmacy
keywords: competencies; curriculum development; interprofessional education