Vyas Deepti, DelNero Tracey, Reece Benjamin
Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA 95211, USA.
School of Health Sciences, University of the Pacific, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA.
Pharmacy (Basel). 2023 Mar 24;11(2):65. doi: 10.3390/pharmacy11020065.
This study aimed to measure the impact of an interprofessional education (IPE) activity on student knowledge and attitudes regarding patient safety. Two 4 h IPE activities were designed to provide students with foundational information regarding patient safety. Interprofessional teams discussed the individual curricula and roles/responsibilities of each represented health profession. Teams then served on a mock committee tasked with completing a root cause analysis of a fictitious sentinel event. Students completed a pre/post-quiz and pre/post-attitudes survey to measure knowledge and attitudes. Five months later, students reconvened to serve on a second mock sentinel event committee. Students completed a post-activity survey after the second activity. Four hundred and seven students participated in the first activity, while two hundred and eighty participated in the second activity. Quiz score comparisons revealed improved knowledge, with post-quiz scores being significantly higher. Pre- and post-attitude survey comparisons indicated a significant improvement in participant attitudes towards interprofessional teamwork. Seventy-eight percent of students reported the IPE activity enhanced their ability to "engage other health professions students in shared patient-centered care". This IPE activity resulted in knowledge and attitude improvement related to patient safety.
本研究旨在衡量跨专业教育（IPE）活动对学生关于患者安全的知识和态度的影响。设计了两项时长4小时的IPE活动，为学生提供有关患者安全的基础信息。跨专业团队讨论了每个代表的健康专业的个人课程以及角色/职责。然后，团队在一个模拟委员会中任职，该委员会的任务是对一个虚构的哨兵事件进行根本原因分析。学生们完成了课前/课后测验以及课前/课后态度调查，以衡量知识和态度。五个月后，学生们再次聚在一起，为第二个模拟哨兵事件委员会服务。学生们在第二次活动后完成了一项活动后调查。407名学生参加了第一次活动，而280名学生参加了第二次活动。测验分数比较显示知识有所提高，课后测验分数明显更高。课前和课后态度调查比较表明，参与者对跨专业团队合作的态度有了显著改善。78%的学生报告说，IPE活动提高了他们“让其他健康专业学生参与以患者为中心的共享护理”的能力。这项IPE活动导致了与患者安全相关的知识和态度的改善。
