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Evaluation of Interprofessional Education at Case Western Reserve University

Honsky, Jesse K
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=casednp1491849851983399

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2017, Doctor of Nursing Practice , Case Western Reserve University, School of Nursing.
Each year, hundreds of thousands of people in the United States are harmed or die as a result of serious medical errors. Interprofessional Education (IPE) is widely recognized as a pathway to improve patient care and reduce medical errors through developing interprofessional collaborative practice (ICP) among health professionals. The faculty and staff at Case Western Reserve University’s health professions programs developed and implemented an IPE program for dental medicine, medicine, nursing, nutrition, public health, and social work students with the goal of preparing students to engage in ICP. The purpose of this evaluation was to describe the outcomes of IPE programming at CWRU for the 2015 and 2016 health professions graduates according to achievement of interprofessional competencies, amount of participation in IPE activities, and by type of health profession. The evaluation used a descriptive correlational design to compare students’ perception of their achievement of the Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) competencies and the amount of participation in IPE activities. The IPEC Competency Survey (IPECCS) was emailed to 931 graduating students in the following health professions programs: dental medicine, medicine, nursing, nutrition, public health, and social work. In total, 113 valid surveys were completed by dental medicine, medical, nursing, and social work students. No statistically significant difference of achievement of IPEC competencies was found between the groups of students who participated in different amounts of IPE activities, p>.05. Dental students reported lower achievement of IPEC competencies than nursing students and medical students, p<.05. Dental students and nursing students were more likely to participate in more IPE activities than medical and social work students, p=.038. While these evaluation results are not generalizable beyond the CWRU community, the findings and recommendations made by the author closely mirror the current trends in IPE research. The field of IPE evaluation requires more development particularly around objective outcome measures and long-term evaluation. Differences in the dental student achievement of the IPEC competencies may be related to students’ experiences outside of IPE activities, their respective education program, and/or their professional culture. Logistics play an important role in student participation and satisfaction with IPE activities. This evaluation provides valuable information to assist in the continuous improvement of the CWRU IPE program and provides support for investing in a robust IPE program evaluation.
Deborah Lindell, DNP (Committee Chair)
Elizabeth Madigan, PhD (Committee Member)
Ellen Luebbers, MD (Committee Member)
167 p.
Dentistry; Educational Evaluation; Health Sciences; Higher Education; Medicine; Nursing; Social Work
Interprofessional education, nursing, medical, dental, social work

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  • Honsky, J. K. (2017). Evaluation of Interprofessional Education at Case Western Reserve University [Doctoral dissertation, Case Western Reserve University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=casednp1491849851983399

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Honsky, Jesse. Evaluation of Interprofessional Education at Case Western Reserve University. 2017. Case Western Reserve University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=casednp1491849851983399.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Honsky, Jesse. "Evaluation of Interprofessional Education at Case Western Reserve University." Doctoral dissertation, Case Western Reserve University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=casednp1491849851983399

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