Evaluation of interprofessional student teams in the emergency department: opportunities and challenges.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Interprofessional education opportunities are commonly university-based and require further development during clinical practice. Many clinical contexts offer the potential for meaningful learning of both collaborative and discipline-specific practice. The emergency department (ED) demands efficient teamwork, so presents a logical location for interprofessional learning.

Methods

An interprofessional clinical placement program was implemented with the aim to enhance students' capacity and self-efficacy for collaborative practice. Fifty-five medical and nursing students participated as interdisciplinary pairs in a two-week clinical placement in the ED. Students' perceptions of the learning environment were measured pre- and post-placement with the Self-efficacy for

SUBMITTER: Hood K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9764718 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature