Interprofessional Service Learning in Medical Education: a Year-Over-Year Assessment of Student Feedback.

ABSTRACT: Community service learning has been extolled as an effective vehicle for interprofessional education based upon studies assessing the short-term impact of these experiences on positive team behaviors and communication skills. Through this study, the authors explore year-over-year student impressions of an interprofessional service learning program to determine whether the short-term successes detailed in prior studies are sustainable over time. Course evaluations were collected from 168 first-year medical students (M1) at Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine (VTCSOM) over a 4-year period beginning in 2013 and ending in 2017. All 238 current and former VTCSOM students were also prospectively surveyed and 87 (37%) responses were received. Study results indicate that first-year medical s

SUBMITTER: Bouzaher MH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8368142 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature