#16: Importance of Interprofessional Education for Pre-Professional Students — Presentation Detail — Celebration of Scholars

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Jun Wang
Kim Instenes
John Kirk
Nora Nickels
Andrew Pustina
James Ripley

#16: Importance of Interprofessional Education for Pre-Professional Students

Name: Ashley Greenwood
Department: Interdisciplinary Studies
Type of research: Independent research

Abstract

Pre-professional students will face endless challenges in their healthcare education and career pathways.TeamSTEPPS (Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety) is a program developed by the Department of Defense’s Patient Safety Program as a solution to improving patient safety within healthcare and provide a basis for interprofessional collaboration (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2023). This program has a specific curriculum designed for frontline workers and administrators to learn these concepts, but only guides for trainers of pre-professional students. We developed a TeamSTEPPS pre-professional student training program to prepare students for these upcoming challenges. The TeamSTEPPS concepts can help students cope with the stressors of healthcare. Students need to learn the importance of shared decision-making, active listening, and clear information exchange to be better equipped to contribute to interdisciplinary care teams and deliver optimal patient outcomes. Students that completed the training were nursing and master of athletic training students as well as various pre-professional students interested in medicine, physical therapy, healthcare administration, physician assistant, and occupational therapy. Students completed either a 1 full day training or short sessions over 4 weeks. After the sessions, both groups overall felt they were more prepared for daily challenges they will encounter in their professional careers. Students also showed improvements in decision-making, active listening, and acknowledging potential burnout warning signs.

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