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Design and evaluation of a prelicensure interprofessional course on improving care transitions.

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Heflin, MT; Pinheiro, SO; Konrad, TR; Egerton, EO; Thornlow, DK; White, HK; McConnell, EJ
Published in: Gerontol Geriatr Educ
2014

Effective management of care transitions for older adults require the coordinated expertise of an interprofessional team. Unfortunately, different health care professions are rarely educated together or trained in teamwork skills. To address this issue, a team of professionally diverse faculty from the Duke University Geriatric Education Center designed an interprofessional course focused on improving transitions of care for older adults. This innovative prelicensure course provided interactive teaching sessions designed to promote critical thinking and foster effective communication among health care professionals, caregivers, and patients. Students were assessed by in-class and online participation, performance on individual assignments, and team-based proposals to improve care transitions for older patients with congestive heart failure. Twenty students representing six professions completed the course; 18 completed all self-efficacy and course evaluation surveys. Students rated their self-efficacy in several domains before and after the course and reported gains in teamwork skills (p < .001), transitions of care (p < .001), quality improvement (p < .001) and cultural competence (p < .001). Learner feedback emphasized the importance of enthusiastic and well-prepared faculty, interactive learning experiences, and engagement in relevant work. This course offers a promising approach to shifting the paradigm of health professions education to empower graduates to promote quality improvement through team-based care.

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Gerontol Geriatr Educ

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EISSN

1545-3847

Publication Date

2014

Volume

35

Issue

1

Start / End Page

41 / 63

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Universities
  • Self Efficacy
  • Quality Improvement
  • Program Evaluation
  • Patient Care Team
  • Learning
  • Interprofessional Relations
  • Humans
  • Health Personnel
  • Gerontology
 

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Heflin, M. T., Pinheiro, S. O., Konrad, T. R., Egerton, E. O., Thornlow, D. K., White, H. K., & McConnell, E. J. (2014). Design and evaluation of a prelicensure interprofessional course on improving care transitions. In Gerontol Geriatr Educ (Vol. 35, pp. 41–63). England. https://doi.org/10.1080/02701960.2013.831349
Heflin, Mitchell T., Sandro O. Pinheiro, Thomas R. Konrad, Emily O. Egerton, Deirdre K. Thornlow, Heidi K. White, and Eleanor J. McConnell. “Design and evaluation of a prelicensure interprofessional course on improving care transitions.” In Gerontol Geriatr Educ, 35:41–63, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1080/02701960.2013.831349.
Heflin MT, Pinheiro SO, Konrad TR, Egerton EO, Thornlow DK, White HK, et al. Design and evaluation of a prelicensure interprofessional course on improving care transitions. In: Gerontol Geriatr Educ. 2014. p. 41–63.
Heflin, Mitchell T., et al. “Design and evaluation of a prelicensure interprofessional course on improving care transitions.Gerontol Geriatr Educ, vol. 35, no. 1, 2014, pp. 41–63. Pubmed, doi:10.1080/02701960.2013.831349.
Heflin MT, Pinheiro SO, Konrad TR, Egerton EO, Thornlow DK, White HK, McConnell EJ. Design and evaluation of a prelicensure interprofessional course on improving care transitions. Gerontol Geriatr Educ. 2014. p. 41–63.

Published In

Gerontol Geriatr Educ

DOI

EISSN

1545-3847

Publication Date

2014

Volume

35

Issue

1

Start / End Page

41 / 63

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Universities
  • Self Efficacy
  • Quality Improvement
  • Program Evaluation
  • Patient Care Team
  • Learning
  • Interprofessional Relations
  • Humans
  • Health Personnel
  • Gerontology