Patients' experiences of being treated by an interprofessional student team compared with uniprofessional treatment by residents supported by nurses: a case study.

In this study, patients' experiences in an orthopedic outpatient clinic were not influenced by being treated by interprofessional student teams compared to normal patient pathway with registrars and nurses working uniprofessionally. This information is important in designing and implementing student curriculums with clinical training in outpatient clinics. Furthermore, the interprofessional student team can undertake unassisted consultations with selected patients with indirect supervision from the supervisors, making the clinical setting realistic for the students. However, in this teaching model, feedback to the students relies only on the students' written patient records; even if patient satisfaction is high, structured observation of student performance may be necessary as a supplementary teaching tool. This may be incorporated in future studies of patient-student relations in clinical training in an outpatient setting. PMID: 32552172 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Interprofessional Care - Category: Health Management Tags: J Interprof Care Source Type: research