An interprofessional escape room activity teaches teamwork through collaboration with other health professionals while allowing students to gain knowledge in a gamified environment. This presentation reviews the development and implementation of an escape room for nurse practitioner and paramedicine students. Interprofessional pairs of nurse practitioner and paramedicine students were tasked with addressing the medical needs of a simulated critical care patient by solving puzzles and looking for clues to escape the emergency room’s trauma bay under the pressure of the clock and competition from other teams. The activity aimed to promote critical thinking and team building, enhance understanding of interprofessional roles, and encourage collaboration while performing under pressure.
This presentation aligns with the Nexus Summit’s theme of preparing students for interprofessional collaborative practice. The presenters will illustrate how a gamified activity, such as an escape room, can raise students’ awareness of their interprofessional roles and responsibilities, promote interprofessional respect and communication, and thus reveal a new way to demonstrate their readiness for practice.
In this presentation, faculty will illustrate a successful example of an interactive curricular activity that instilled their students with a curiosity about inquiry-based learning. The activity’s outcomes showed that students learned to identify and manage the disease processes highlighted in the escape room. Future patients of the nurse practitioner and paramedicine students involved in this learning activity may benefit from these students who have gained additional knowledge and experiences from the clinical scenarios they navigated in the escape room.
Several measurable learning outcomes resulted from this interprofessional escape room activity. The faculty evaluated the students’ knowledge of medical diagnostics and acute care disease management through questions posed within the escape room. Answering a question correctly garnered a code that opened the next lockbox in a series of lockboxes staged to challenge the students as they progressed through the exam room. The faculty then verified the students’ knowledge gained with a post-activity knowledge survey. To ensure the sustainability of the escape room as a novel method for learning, the faculty also sought the students’ feedback regarding their satisfaction with the activity as a learning method and their motivation to learn during the activity. The faculty also evaluated each interprofessional team on their teamwork, values, ethics, and interprofessional communication using the Creighton Interprofessional Collaborative Education instrument to ensure that the student teams met critical outcomes associated with their interprofessional performance.
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.
