Kiersma Mary E, Chen Aleda M H, Yehle Karen S, Cailor Stephanie, Plake Kimberly S
Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education, 135 S. LaSalle Street, Chicago, IL 60603, United States.
Cedarville University School of Pharmacy, 251 N. Main St., Cedarville, OH 45314, United States.
Curr Pharm Teach Learn. 2018 Sep;10(9):1237-1242. doi: 10.1016/j.cptl.2018.06.008. Epub 2018 Jun 28.
Nurses and pharmacists are essential healthcare team members and must collaborate to provide safe and effective patient care. The purpose of this study was to evaluate nursing and pharmacy student views on interprofessional collaboration after completing an educational activity.
Students participated in an interprofessional activity designed to improve empathy toward older adults and completed an open-ended questionnaire post-activity regarding their experience and views on interprofessional collaboration. Content analysis identified themes grounded in the responses. Students (n = 216) felt communication needed improvement (n = 31, 16.8%), were frustrated with fragmented care (n = 31, 16.8%), found interprofessional collaboration necessary (n = 37, 20.1%), and enjoyed the interprofessional experience (n = 17, 9.2%).
Study results provide evidence for the inclusion of additional structured interprofessional activities into all health professions curriculum to emphasize collaboration, improve communication, and modify views in preparation for interprofessional practice.
护士和药剂师是医疗团队的重要成员，必须协作以提供安全有效的患者护理。本研究的目的是评估护理专业和药学专业学生在完成一项教育活动后对跨专业协作的看法。
学生们参加了一项旨在提高对老年人同理心的跨专业活动，并在活动结束后完成了一份关于他们对跨专业协作的体验和看法的开放式问卷。内容分析确定了基于这些回答的主题。学生（n = 216）认为沟通需要改进（n = 31，16.8%），对护理碎片化感到沮丧（n = 31，16.8%），认为跨专业协作是必要的（n = 37，20.1%），并且喜欢这种跨专业体验（n = 17，9.2%）。
研究结果为在所有健康专业课程中纳入更多结构化的跨专业活动提供了证据，以强调协作、改善沟通并改变观念，为跨专业实践做好准备。
