title: Interprofessional immersion: Use of interprofessional education collaborative competencies in side-by-side training of family medicine, pharmacy, nursing, and counselling psychology trainees.
abstract: While supported by the Affordable Care Act, in the United States, interprofessional training often takes place after healthcare providers graduate and are practicing in the field. This article describes the implementation and evaluation of an interprofessional training for graduate-level healthcare trainees. A group of interprofessional healthcare faculty provided a weeklong interprofessional immersion for doctoral-level healthcare trainees (n = 24) in Pharmacy, Counselling Psychology, Nursing, and Family Medicine residents. Healthcare faculty and staff from each profession worked side-by-side to provide integrated training utilising the Interprofessional Education Collaborative core competency domains. Trainees were placed into small teams with representatives from each profession; each team observed, learned, and practiced working within teams to provide quality patient care. Qualitative and quantitative data were collected to identify the effect of the training on trainees' self-reported team skills, as well as the extent to which the trainees learned and utilised the competencies. The results suggest that after completing the training, trainees felt more confident in their ability to work within an interprofessional team and more likely to utilise a team-based approach in the future.
authors: a Counseling & Educational Psychology Department , New Mexico State University , Las Cruces , New Mexico , USA.
authors: Daubney Harper
authors: DH
authors: Boland
authors: b Department of Anthropology , New Mexico State University , Las Cruces , New Mexico , USA.
authors: Mary Alice
authors: MA
authors: Scott
authors: a Counseling & Educational Psychology Department , New Mexico State University , Las Cruces , New Mexico , USA.
authors: Helen
authors: H
authors: Kim
authors: c College of Pharmacy , New Mexico State University , Las Cruces , New Mexico , USA.
authors: Traci
authors: T
authors: White
authors: a Counseling & Educational Psychology Department , New Mexico State University , Las Cruces , New Mexico , USA.
authors: Eve
authors: E
authors: Adams
mesh_terms: D003376:Counseling; D004500:Education, Graduate; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D010348:Patient Care Team; D058991:Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; D014481:United States
keywords: Interprofessional care; interprofessional collaboration; interprofessional education; interprofessional evaluation; interprofessional learning; teamwork