A Novel Interprofessional Mock Clinic Workshop for Medical Students With Orthotics and Prosthetics Students.

ABSTRACT: Introduction:Medical school education on orthotics and prosthetics (O&P) is limited, and O&P students receive limited education on performing comprehensive histories and physicals (H&Ps). This interprofessional workshop brings medical and O&P students together in a mock clinical setting. Students from one profession appraise the relationship of their scope/role to those of students of the other profession. Methods:Third-year medical students, second-year O&P students, and O&P patients participated in a 3-hour workshop. Students partnered into groups and rotated among stations performing patient history, physical exam, and O&P assessment. As a medical or O&P student completed the H&P, she or he explained the process to the student of the other profession. Each group assessed two patients an

SUBMITTER: Misra SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6869978 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature