Promoting Hearing Health Collaboration Through an Interprofessional Education Experience.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To enhance audiology and physician assistant (PA) student appreciation for collaboration/team-based care through an interprofessional educational activity focused on hearing assessments.

Method

A total of 18 students from Louisiana State University Health-New Orleans's audiology and PA programs participated in an optional interprofessional education learning opportunity, which included a demonstration of hearing assessments. To assess student perspectives regarding interprofessional learning, the students completed pre- and post-surveys.

Results

Eighteen students completed a survey, including 5 questions using a Likert scale and 1 open-ended question. Both audiology and PA students demonstrated significant statistical improvement in 2 interprofessional compete

SUBMITTER: James J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6105117 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature