Coan Lorinda L, Wijesuriya Uditha A, Seibert Susan A
Lorinda L. Coan, MS, RDH, is Associate Professor, Dental Hygiene Department, College of Nursing and Allied Health Professions, University of Southern Indiana; Uditha A. Wijesuriya, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Mathematics, University of Southern Indiana; and Susan A. Seibert, DNP, RN, CNE, is Instructor, Nursing Program, College of Nursing and Allied Health Professions, University of Southern Indiana
Lorinda L. Coan, MS, RDH, is Associate Professor, Dental Hygiene Department, College of Nursing and Allied Health Professions, University of Southern Indiana; Uditha A. Wijesuriya, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Mathematics, University of Southern Indiana; and Susan A. Seibert, DNP, RN, CNE, is Instructor, Nursing Program, College of Nursing and Allied Health Professions, University of Southern Indiana.
J Dent Educ. 2019 Jun;83(6):654-662. doi: 10.21815/JDE.019.071.
The aims of this study were to implement and evaluate an innovative collaborative event with hospitalized patients to help develop dental hygiene and nursing students' interprofessional competence. The Interprofessional Collaborative Competency Attainment Survey (ICCAS) was used to assess the students' perceptions of interprofessional skill acquisition. Participants were 24 dental hygiene and 25 nursing students at the University of Southern Indiana in spring 2016. The results showed that all students had statistically significant improvement on the ICCAS items from pretest to posttest. There were no significant differences in improvement between the two groups on any single posttest item as the impact of the responses was similar. These results suggest that incorporating collaborative experiences in hospital settings can be an effective means to develop students' skills in interprofessional competence.
本研究的目的是实施并评估一项与住院患者开展的创新性合作活动，以帮助培养口腔卫生专业和护理专业学生的跨专业能力。使用跨专业协作能力达成调查（ICCAS）来评估学生对跨专业技能获取的认知。参与者为2016年春季美国南印第安纳大学的24名口腔卫生专业学生和25名护理专业学生。结果显示，所有学生在ICCAS项目上从前测到后测都有统计学上的显著进步。两组在任何单个后测项目上的进步没有显著差异，因为回答的影响相似。这些结果表明，在医院环境中纳入合作经历可以成为培养学生跨专业能力技能的有效手段。
