School of Public Health and Nutrition, University of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University and Gold Coast Hospital & Health Services, Centre for Health Practice Innovation, Griffith Health Institute, Southport, Queensland, Australia.
Nurse Educ Pract. 2016 Mar;17:161-6. doi: 10.1016/j.nepr.2015.11.010. Epub 2015 Dec 18.
Health professional clinical education is commonly conducted in single discipline modes, thus limiting student collaboration skills. Aged care residential facilities, due to the chronic and complex health care needs of residents, provide an ideal placement to provide a collaborative experience. Interprofessional education is widely acknowledged as the pedagogical framework through which to facilitate collaboration. The aim of the evaluation was to assess student attitudes towards collaboration after active involvement in an interprofessional education program. Students studying nursing, occupational therapy, and aged care were invited to complete a version of the Readiness for Interprofessional Learning Scale before and after participating in a three-week pilot interprofessional program. A positive change in student attitudes towards other health professionals and the importance of working in interprofessional teams was reported with significant differences between two statements indicated: Learning with health-care students before qualifications would improve relationships after qualifications; and I learned a lot from the students from the other disciplines. The innovative pilot project was found to enhance student learning in interprofessional teams and the aged care environment. Further development of this and similar interprofessional programs is required to develop sustainable student projects that have health benefits for residents in aged care residential facilities.
健康专业人员的临床教育通常以单一学科模式进行，从而限制了学生的协作技能。由于居民的慢性和复杂的医疗保健需求，老年护理住宿设施提供了一个理想的场所，可以提供协作体验。 专业间教育被广泛认为是促进协作的教学框架。该评估的目的是评估学生在积极参与专业间教育计划后对协作的态度。学习护理、职业治疗和老年护理的学生受邀在参加为期三周的试点专业间计划之前和之后完成专业间学习准备量表的一个版本。报告称，学生对其他卫生专业人员的态度以及在专业间团队中工作的重要性发生了积极变化，两个表述之间存在显著差异：在获得资格之前与医疗保健学生一起学习将提高资格后的关系；而且我从其他学科的学生那里学到了很多。 该创新试点项目被发现可增强学生在专业间团队和老年护理环境中的学习能力。需要进一步开发这种和类似的专业间计划，以开发对老年护理住宿设施的居民具有健康益处的可持续学生项目。
