title: Designing and Evaluating an Interprofessional Experiential Course Series Involving Medical and Pharmacy Students.
abstract: Objective. To prepare first-year and second-year pharmacy and medical students to build effective collaborative health care teams by participating in an interprofessional experiential 6-semester course series. Design. An interprofessional experiential course series was designed using a variety of teaching methods to achieve both interprofessional and experiential learning outcomes. A standardized objective behavioral assessment was developed to measure team performance of interprofessional communication and teamwork. In addition, student perceptions were measured using a validated instrument. Assessment. A majority of teams demonstrated appropriate competence with respect to interprofessional communication and teamwork. Additionally, a majority of students expressed positive perceptions of interprofessional collaboration with respect to teamwork, roles and responsibilities, and patient outcomes. Conclusion. An interprofessional experiential course series can be successfully implemented to achieve both interprofessional and experiential learning outcomes. Highly collaborative teams and positive student perceptions provide evidence of achievement of interprofessional education learning outcomes.
authors.affiliation: University of the Sciences, Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Temple University School of Pharmacy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Melissa E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Rotz
authors.affiliation: University of the Sciences, Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Gladys G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Dueñas
authors.affiliation: Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden, New Jersey.
authors.forename: Aileen
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zanoni
authors.affiliation: University of the Sciences, Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Anisha B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Grover
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003479:Curriculum / Q000592:standards; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D004512:Education, Pharmacy / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000592:standards*; D018794:Problem-Based Learning / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D013337:Students, Medical; D013339:Students, Pharmacy
keywords: SPICE; assessment; behaviors; interprofessional education; perceptions