Adelphi University, Garden City, New York.
DrPH Candidate SUNY Health Sciences University.
J Am Assoc Nurse Pract. 2023 Sep 1;35(9):559-567. doi: 10.1097/JXX.0000000000000865.
The importance of effective interprofessional communication and collaboration as a strategy to improve patient outcomes has been documented in the literature. Efforts to integrate interprofessional education have been difficult to actualize due to myriad factors in academic and clinical settings. The COVID public health emergency presented an unexpected opportunity to address the needs of an underserved community through an interprofessional clinical experience between medical and APRN students. A screening tool and resource-driven algorithm were developed and launched by students in the college of medicine, for the patients of a university hospital clinic. This initiative helped meet the needs of the community, with the value-added benefit of an interprofessional clinical experience. Using a train-the-trainer model, students were oriented to the project and an online platform for real-time collaboration. Results of this initiative were positive. Approximately 100 medical and APRN students participated and contacted 1,489 patients in the community. Medical and social needs were addressed for 681 patients, and urgent social needs were addressed for 30 people. Students gained valuable clinical experience and had opportunities to identify and address social determinants of health while collaborating with medical student counterparts.
有效的跨专业交流与合作作为改善患者预后的策略的重要性在文献中已有记载。由于学术和临床环境中的众多因素，整合跨专业教育的工作一直难以实现。COVID 公共卫生紧急情况为通过医学和 APRN 学生之间的跨专业临床体验来满足服务不足社区的需求提供了一个意外的机会。医学院的学生为一所大学医院诊所的患者开发并推出了一种筛选工具和资源驱动的算法。这一举措满足了社区的需求，同时还增加了跨专业临床体验的附加值。通过培训师模式，学生对该项目和实时协作的在线平台进行了了解。这一举措取得了积极的成果。大约有 100 名医学和 APRN 学生参与其中，联系了社区中的 1489 名患者。为 681 名患者解决了医疗和社会需求，并为 30 人解决了紧急社会需求。学生获得了宝贵的临床经验，并在与医学生同行合作的同时，有机会识别和解决健康的社会决定因素。
