Best practice interprofessional stroke care collaboration and simulation: The student perspective.

Best practice interprofessional stroke care collaboration and simulation: The student perspective. J Interprof Care. 2017 Sep 01;:1-4 Authors: MacKenzie D, Creaser G, Sponagle K, Gubitz G, MacDougall P, Blacquiere D, Miller S, Sarty G Abstract Interprofessional practice (IPP) is the accepted standard of care for clients following a stroke. A brief, embedded and evidence-based IPP team simulation was designed to address stroke care knowledge and IPP competencies for students within limited curriculum space. Each team was required to construct a collaborative care plan for their patient during the simulation and submit the care plan for evaluation of best practice stroke care knowledge and implementation with evidence of interprofessional collaboration (IPC). A total of 302 students (274 on-site, 28 by distance technology) representing four professions comprised of 55 teams took part in this experience. Post-simulation, voluntary and anonymous programme evaluations were completed using the standardised interprofessional collaborative competency assessment scale (ICCAS) and open-ended free-text responses to five questions. There was a significant improvement for all pre-post ratings on the ICCAS regardless of profession or previous interprofessional experience. Additionally, the open-ended responses indicated perceived changes to role clarification, communication, and teamwork. The combined interpretation of the programme evaluation res...
Source: Journal of Interprofessional Care - Category: Health Management Tags: J Interprof Care Source Type: research