Development of a project for interprofessional collaboration between medical and pharmacy students to improve medication safety in polypharmacy (PILLE).

ABSTRACT:

Aim

Interprofessional collaboration is particularly relevant to patient safety in outpatient care with polypharmacy. The educational project "PILLE" is meant to give medical and pharmacy students an understanding of the roles and competencies needed for cooperation in the provision of healthcare and to enable interprofessional learning.

Method

The curriculum is aimed at pharmacy and medical students and was developed in six steps according to the Kern cycle. It is comprised of an interprofessional seminar, a joint practical training in a simulated pharmacy, and a tandem job shadowing at a primary care practice. The project was implemented in three stages due to the pandemic: The interprofessional online seminar based on the ICAP model and the digital inverted classroom was h

SUBMITTER: Gehrke-Beck S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10010767 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature