Hasnain Memoona, Koronkowski Michael J, Kondratowicz Diane M, Goliak Kristen L
Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA.
Educ Health (Abingdon). 2012 Sep-Dec;25(3):204-7. doi: 10.4103/1357-6283.109790.
Interprofessional teamwork is essential for effective delivery of health care to all patients, particularly the vulnerable and underserved. This brief communication describes a pilot interprofessional learning experience designed to introduce medicine and pharmacy students to critical health issues affecting at-risk, vulnerable patients and helping students learn the value of functioning effectively in interprofessional teams.
With reflective practice as an overarching principle, readings, writing assignments, a community-based immersion experience, discussion seminars, and presentations were organized to cultivate students' insights into key issues impacting the health and well-being of vulnerable patients. A written program evaluation form was used to gather students' feedback about this learning experience.
Participating students evaluated this learning experience positively. Both quantitative and qualitative input indicated the usefulness of this learning experience in stimulating learners' thinking and helping them learn to work collaboratively with peers from another discipline to understand and address health issues for at-risk, vulnerable patients within their community.
This pilot educational activity helped medicine and pharmacy students learn the value of functioning effectively in interprofessional teams. Given the importance of interprofessional teamwork and the increasing need to respond to the health needs of underserved populations, integrating interprofessional learning experiences in health professions training is highly relevant, feasible, and critically needed.
跨专业团队合作对于为所有患者，尤其是弱势群体和服务不足人群提供有效的医疗保健至关重要。本简短交流描述了一次跨专业学习试点经历，旨在向医学和药学专业学生介绍影响高危、弱势患者的关键健康问题，并帮助学生了解在跨专业团队中有效发挥作用的价值。
以反思性实践为总体原则，组织阅读、写作作业、社区沉浸式体验、讨论研讨会和展示活动，以培养学生对影响弱势患者健康和福祉的关键问题的洞察力。使用书面项目评估表收集学生对此次学习经历的反馈。
参与的学生对此次学习经历给予了积极评价。定量和定性反馈均表明，此次学习经历有助于激发学习者的思考，并帮助他们学会与来自另一学科的同伴协作，以理解和解决所在社区中高危、弱势患者的健康问题。
此次试点教育活动帮助医学和药学专业学生了解了在跨专业团队中有效发挥作用的价值。鉴于跨专业团队合作的重要性以及满足服务不足人群健康需求的需求不断增加，将跨专业学习经历融入健康专业培训具有高度相关性、可行性且迫切需要。
