Interprofessional Coproduction of Diagnosis with Medical and Pharmacy Students: An Interactive Case-Based Workshop.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The Institute of Medicine and national competencies emphasize the importance of interprofessional education to reduce diagnostic error. Clinical pharmacists are increasingly integrated into clinical teams and participate in the diagnostic process. However, few educational resources explicitly teach medical and pharmacy students to collaborate on the production of diagnoses.

Methods

We implemented a 2-hour, online, case-based workshop with 154 second-year medical students and third-year pharmacy students. After brief didactics on the diagnostic process and scope of practice of pharmacists, small groups of eight to 12 medical and pharmacy students with faculty facilitators worked through a case unfolding in two aliquots. Students were provided different but comple

SUBMITTER: Lang VJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11402627 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature