Lightning Talk

Adapting the Community Health Mentor Program to Meet the Educational Needs of Rural and Hybrid Students

Thursday, September 26, 2024, 1:45 pm - 2:45 pm CDT
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hybrid learnersCommunity Health Mentor Programrural learners

The Community Health Mentor Program in Arizona is a collaboration between the three public universities: Northern Arizona University, University of Arizona, and Arizona State University. In this program students from PT, OT, PA and MD programs work together to learn from the lived health experiences of members of the community who have either chronic medical conditions and/or disabilities.

Students from all healthcare education programs must graduate prepared for collaborative practice. It can be a challenge to meet the interprofessional educational needs of hybrid learners. This lightening talk will describe how this program successfully expanded to accommodate rural learners and hybrid learners from the new PT and OT hybrid educational programs. The talk will include a patient-mentor from our program describing what his experience is like in the program as he has participated prior to the incorporation of hybrid learners and, now this year, works with both a traditional team and a hybrid team.

This talk will include 1) description of our program, 2) description of how this program was adapted to incorporate hybrid/rural learners, 3) the experience of participating in the new hybrid teams from a patient-mentor co-presenter.

 

Accreditation Details

In support of improving patient care, this activity is planned and implemented by The National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education Office of Interprofessional Continuing Professional Development (National Center OICPD). The National Center OICPD is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

As a Jointly Accredited Provider, the National Center is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. The National Center maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive continuing education credits.

The National Center OICPD (JA#: 4008105) is approved by the Board of Certification, Inc. to provide continuing education to Athletic Trainers (ATs).

This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.

Text reads "Office of Interprofessional Continuing Professional Development" and shown are logos for the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education,
                    the University of Minnesota School of Nursing, and the University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy.
 

Physicians: The National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education designates this live activity for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with their participation.

Physician Assistants: The American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) accepts credit from organizations accredited by the ACCME.

Nurses: Participants will be awarded contact hours of credit for attendance at this workshop.

Nurse Practitioners: The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Program (AANPCP) accepts credit from organizations accredited by the ACCME and ANCC.

Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians: This activity is approved for contact hours.

Athletic Trainers: This program is eligible for Category A hours/CEUs. ATs should claim only those hours actually spent in the educational program.

Social Workers: As a Jointly Accredited Organization, the National Center is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. The National Center maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive continuing education credits.

IPCE: This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change.

Learners can claim CE credit by completing the Daily Evaluation.