PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Carrie Sincak
AU  - James Gunn
AU  - Christine Conroy
AU  - Kathy Komperda
AU  - Kevin Van Kanegan
AU  - Nathaniel Krumdick
AU  - Michelle Lee
AU  - Preetha Kanjirath
AU  - Kelly Lempicki
AU  - Kurt Heinking
AU  - Jacqueline Spiegel
TI  - Transformation of an Online Multidisciplinary Course into a Live Interprofessional Experience
AID  - 10.5688/ajpe81594
DP  - 2017 Jun 01
TA  - American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education
PG  - 94
VI  - 81
IP  - 5
4099  - http://www.ajpe.org/content/81/5/94.short
4100  - http://www.ajpe.org/content/81/5/94.full
SO  - Am J Pharm Educ2017 Jun 01; 81
AB  - Objective. To design, implement, and assess an interprofessional education (IPE) course in the first professional year of students enrolled in eight different health professions programs.Design. An interprofessional faculty committee created a 1-credit hour required IPE course to not only teach students about the roles and responsibilities of each discipline and how they may contribute to an interprofessional team, but to also improve collaboration and team-based communication skills among health care professions students. Students were placed in interprofessional groups and met weekly to participate in didactic lectures, discussion sessions, and a standardized patient encounter.Assessment. Seven hundred and eighty-three health professions students were enrolled in the course, of which 130 students completed questionnaires at all three time points. Students were neutral about the course and found it moderately valuable (Mean 6.23 [on a scale from 1 to 10], interesting (Mean 5.61), and enjoyable (Mean 5.57). Written feedback from the course indicated that the majority of students enjoyed the standardized patient encounter and thought the course provided a valuable opportunity to interact with other students in other health professions programs.Conclusion. This required course served as an introductory interprofessional approach in preparing health professions students to learn from each other about their various roles and responsibilities and how each can contribute to the health care team.