Four interprofessional educators and researchers present at conference in the UK

Four University of New England faculty and professional staff recently presented on UNE interprofessional education (IPE) research initiatives at the International Congress of 健康 Education and 研究 and AoME Annual Academic Meeting (INHWE/AoME 2023) in Cardiff, 威尔士, 今年六月.  

As the only institution in New England participating in the National Center for Interprofessional Education and Practice’s Innovation Network, UNE works to bridge the gap between health professions education and health care delivery by preparing students to work collaboratively, 跨学科, to achieve more successful outcomes as members of clinical and community teams.  

IPE, which began with students from different health care programs being taught to work together as part of larger, 跨学科卫生保健小组, 已被证明能产生成功的患者结果, the model is now expanding so it can be applied to broader situations, 克里斯·霍尔说, M.F.A.的项目经理 协作教育卓越中心 在一个. 

“Collaborative practice — the professional application of IPE — allows us to achieve more together than any one person could achieve alone,伊丽莎白·克兰普西说, Ed.D, associate clinical professor of Occupational Therapy, who also presented at the INHWE/AoME 2023. “研究 on our interprofessional education initiatives shows how teamwork experiences in graduate school help our alumni take the lead in delivering quality care in any setting.” 

At the conference, Hall and Crampsey presented two different ongoing research projects. 第一次演讲, “Impact of Immersive Interprofessional Learning on Workplace Practice,” described their mixed-methods exploratory study examining knowledge and skill transfer from campus-based IPE to workforce collaborative practice. 校友 who participated in immersive IPE activities valued campus-based interprofessional learning and brought university acquired collaborative knowledge and skill into their work environments to benefit patients and practice teams, Crampsey和Hall说. 

The second presentation highlighted the simulation work that Crampsey and Hall have been conducting with Shelley Cohen Konrad, Ph.D., L.C.S.W., F.N.A.P. UNE professor in Social Work and director of the 协作教育卓越中心; Kira Rodriguez, M.H.S., UNE research associate and adjunct instructor; and from Rosalind Franklin University in Chicago, 莎拉年代. 加伯,Ph值.D., professor and director of interprofessional studies, 教授和塔姆津·贝特森, 二元同步通信, 研究专家. 自2014年以来, the interprofessional team immersion (IPTI) has offered students across 15 health professions opportunities to apply interprofessional team-based skills in semester-long simulations. The research project found increases in IPTI students’ skills for cooperation, 资源共享, 专业自信和人际自信, 和沟通. 

也会出席会议, 凯利福克斯, LCSW, CCS, LADC, assistant clinical professor and director of Field Education in the School of Social Work, presented “Playing well with others: Enhancing social work students’ preparedness for interprofessional collaborative learning.” Fox conducted a mixed-method evaluation to enhance social work students’ preparedness to participate in interprofessional collaborative learning (IPCL). The purpose of the intervention was to contextualize ICPL in social work education; explore benefits, 挑战, barriers to interprofessional teamwork; increase understanding of the role of social work on the team; and improve student self-efficacy for managing conflicts that may arise from professional centrism, 刻板印象, 分层的态度, 和偏见. 

Sally McCormack Tutt, PT, D.P.T., M.P.H., Ed.D., program director for the Department of Physical Therapy presented “Moroccan Immersion: Thinking Outside the Box, 学期, 和国家.” The talk addressed the UNE physical therapy and occupational therapy programs’ strategy to overcome mutual learning objectives and scheduling conflicts and create an opportunity for students to be immersed in a different culture to increase awareness of global health, 文化能力, build relationships related to interprofessional collaboration.  

Learn more about IPE and collaborative practice through the 协作教育卓越中心.