Health Professions Students' Teamwork Before and After an Interprofessional Education Co-Curricular Experience

Authors

  • Shelley C. Mishoe Old Dominion University
  • Kimberly Adams Tufts
  • Leigh A. Diggs
  • James D. Blando
  • Denise M. Claiborne
  • Johanna Hoch
  • Martha L. Walker

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22230/jripe.2018v8n1a264

Keywords:

Health sciences students, Interprofessional education, Teamwork, Roles and responsibilities, Co-curricular learning education, teamwork, roles and responsibilities, co-curricular learning.

Abstract

Background: Effective interprofessional collaboration may positively impact clinical outcomes, patient satisfaction, and cost effectiveness. However, educational silos and discipline-specific socialization have reinforced each health profession’s independent values, attitudes, and problem-solving approaches.

Methods and Findings: Students’ (N = 376) attitudes about teamwork were measured with the Interprofessional Attitudes Scale, Teamwork, Roles, and Responsibilities subscale using a pretest-posttest design. Experiential learning strategies and a case study approach were used to introduce students to the roles and responsibilities of the students’ disciplines. There was a positive mean difference in pretest-posttest measures (p < .001) with a moderate effect size (r = .27).

Conclusions: Providing opportunities for pre-licensure health sciences students to understand the roles and responsibilities of other disciplines through IPE co-curricular learning can enhance positive attitudes toward teamwork.

Author Biography

Shelley C. Mishoe, Old Dominion University

Dr. Mishoe is Professor of Community and Environmental Health in the College of Health Sciences at Old Dominion University.  She earned her PhD in Adult Education at the University of Georgia, a Master’s Degree in Education and Health Services from Augusta University and undergraduate degrees from SUNY Upstate Medical University.  She has 40 years of academic and clinical experience including 20 years of administrative experience as Department Chair, Dean and Associate Provost.  She has received more than 7 million dollars in extramural funding to support research and educational innovation and published 65 manuscripts, 25 book chapters, 4 edited textbooks.

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2018-05-18

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Articles: Empirical Research