Howell Britteny M, Hiratsuka Vanessa Y, Worthington Amber K, Redmond Leslie C
Population Health Sciences, University of Alaska Anchorage, Alaska, USA.
National Resource Center for Alaska Native Elders, University of Alaska Anchorage, Alaska, USA.
Gerontol Geriatr Educ. 2024 Jun 4:1-16. doi: 10.1080/02701960.2024.2362766.
Interprofessional education (IPE) and research enhances learning, team-based communication, and cross-disciplinary collaborations, which can result in higher quality care for older adults. Despite the importance of IPE, it remains underutilized in higher education, demonstrating the need for extracurricular IPE opportunities. This study describes an interprofessional research project that brought together faculty, undergraduate, and graduate students from several health and social science disciplines to design and deliver a 15-week healthy aging program for older adults living in the urban Circumpolar North. Five faculty and one graduate research assistant led the project while eight students team-taught weekly, 1-hour sessions in the community focusing on healthy lifestyles within a framework of Persuasive Hope Theory. This paper describes the project, the student training procedures, and reports the results of the student satisfaction survey regarding their involvement with the research. Using a student self-assessment survey, students report gains in thinking like a scientist, increased confidence conducting research tasks, benefits from teamwork, and greater consideration of the needs of older adults in their field of study. Despite a small sample size, this study also suggests that students may be more likely to consider a career working with older adults if given hands-on experiences.
跨专业教育（IPE）与研究可促进学习、基于团队的沟通以及跨学科合作，进而为老年人提供更高质量的护理。尽管IPE很重要，但在高等教育中其利用率仍然较低，这表明需要课外的IPE机会。本研究描述了一个跨专业研究项目，该项目汇集了来自多个健康与社会科学学科的教师、本科生和研究生，旨在为生活在北极圈北部城市的老年人设计并开展一项为期15周的健康老龄化项目。五名教师和一名研究生研究助理领导了该项目，八名学生在社区中每周共同授课1小时，课程以“说服性希望理论”为框架，聚焦健康生活方式。本文描述了该项目、学生培训程序，并报告了学生对参与研究的满意度调查结果。通过学生自我评估调查，学生报告称在像科学家一样思考、开展研究任务时信心增强、从团队合作中受益以及在学习领域中更多地考虑老年人需求等方面都有收获。尽管样本量较小，但本研究还表明，如果给予实践经验，学生可能更有可能考虑从事与老年人相关的职业。
