Leveraging Podcasts to Introduce Medical Students to the Broader Community of Health Care Professionals.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Safe, patient-centered, and cost-effective care requires effective collaboration within interprofessional teams. Education programs for health care professionals are often siloed, providing students with limited interprofessional education (IPE) opportunities to learn from, with, and about other professions. Podcasts offer a novel approach to facilitate IPE, allowing for asynchronous conversations with interprofessional colleagues.

Methods

We developed four podcasts with various health care professionals for 135 preclinical medical students preparing to transition into clinical rotations. The podcasts were coupled with an hour-long interactive session with the podcast interviewees conducted via videoconference. The curriculum explored the distinct education path

SUBMITTER: Miller KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8542682 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature