Reilly Jo Marie, Halle Ashley, Resnik Cheryl, Teoh Jeremy, Williams Brad, Harris Patricia, Segal-Gidan Freddi
Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, USA.
USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Los Angeles, USA.
Gerontol Geriatr Med. 2021 Mar 4;7:2333721421997203. doi: 10.1177/2333721421997203. eCollection 2021 Jan-Dec.
This study describes and provides qualitative analysis of an innovative, inter-professional (IP) geriatrics curriculum focused on team-based care with healthy older adults in a home-based community setting. The curriculum consisted of five, four-hour didactic and experiential sessions over one academic year. Dental, medical, occupational therapy, pharmacy, physical therapy, and physician assistant students were placed into teams led by IP faculty from each health professional school. Teams met with a community-dwelling older adult three times. At the program's conclusion, students responded to the reflective question "What is the most important learning experience you expect to take away from the geriatric inter-professional training? A qualitative analysis of student responses revealed four common themes from all five professions aligning with curricular goals: (1) health professional roles/scope of practice, (2) geriatric care and health outcomes, (3) team communication/collaboration, and (4) advocating for one's own profession. As sites for institutional clinical training become scarcer for health professions' trainees, this study offers both a novel, IP, geriatrics curriculum with didactic/experiential learning through community partnerships in a home-based setting and a reflective evaluation.
本研究描述并提供了一种创新的跨专业老年医学课程的定性分析，该课程专注于在家庭社区环境中为健康的老年人提供基于团队的护理。该课程在一学年内包括五次四小时的理论与实践课程。牙科、医学、职业治疗、药学、物理治疗和医师助理专业的学生被分成由各健康专业学校的跨专业教师带领的小组。各小组与一位居住在社区的老年人会面三次。在课程结束时，学生们回答了反思性问题：“你期望从老年医学跨专业培训中获得的最重要的学习体验是什么？”对学生回答的定性分析揭示了来自所有五个专业的四个共同主题，与课程目标一致：（1）健康专业人员的角色/实践范围，（2）老年护理与健康结果，（3）团队沟通/协作，以及（4）为本专业发声。随着健康专业学员的机构临床培训场所变得越来越稀缺，本研究既提供了一种新颖的跨专业老年医学课程，通过家庭环境中的社区伙伴关系进行理论/实践学习，又提供了反思性评估。
