Many health profession accreditation standards, including those leading to the Doctor of Pharmacy program degree, require graduating students to be team-ready. Despite this, early interprofessional education is often focused on didactic learning with, from, and about learners from other professions while reserving interprofessional experiential learning to later in a curriculum when students can apply knowledge gained during their didactic curriculum. Despite this, students may benefit from early interprofessional experiential learning opportunities, including observation and reflection.
This presentation will delve into the influence of early experiential learning on enhancing pharmacy student understanding of interprofessional collaboration. Specifically, this presentation will describe a 40-hour guided institutional experiential rotation completed by second-year (P2) students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Pharmacy (UW-Madison SOP).During this rotation, students spend 2-4 hours shadowing an individual from a non-pharmacy discipline and discuss the intersection of this profession’s work with pharmacy. Students then reflect on key takeaways that can be applied to future interactions with healthcare professionals. Presenters will describe the study methods, results, and findings drawn from content analysis of these reflections. The interpretation of findings will be explored in the context of enhanced student understanding, and reflection on interprofessional competencies and their role in collaborative healthcare practices. The session goal is to provide attendees insight into how interprofessional education and reflection can be incorporated into early experiential learning for health professional students to set the stage for more immersive experiences and a potential framework for optimizing guided experiential learning to align with accreditations standards and achievement of expected learning outcomes.
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.
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.
