Interprofessional Clinic Case Study
Evaluation of an Interprofessional Workshop for the Student-Run Free Clinic at Case Western Reserve University
Bruce Kinley MN2, Sarah Wang MS2, Ellen Luebbers MD
Introduction
The goal of interprofessional learning is to prepare all health professions students for working together, with the common goal of building a safer and better patient-centered and community/population oriented U.S. health care system (Panel, 2011).
Preparing health care professional students for working in patient-centered teams needs to begin early and it has been identified that interdisciplinary teams decrease care costs and increase patient safety and satisfaction (IOM
2001, Allen 2006). Additionally, research on teams and teamwork has suggested that there are tools …show more content…
The organization operates a free, bi-monthly, acute-care medical clinic that is staffed and operated entirely by CWRU students and volunteer practitioners. The clinic provides free health-care and counseling to underserved populations within the Cleveland community.
Currently, students attend a short orientation to familiarize them with the clinic, but there was confusion around roles and responsibilities and no training about teamwork or interprofessionalism. We created an interprofessional workshop/orientation for first-year graduate nursing and medical student volunteers at the SRFC in order to address these needs.
Study Questions
Will a workshop for healthcare professions student volunteers lead to:
• An increased understanding of each other’s training, roles, and responsibilities; • Increased appreciation for the use of agenda-setting and feedback in the clinical setting;
• Use of agenda-setting and feedback while volunteering at the SRFC;
• Increased support for a team-based approach to the patient interview, assessment, and plan?
Goals of Workshop
Evaluation Tools
The goals of the workshop were as
Bruce Kinley MN2, Sarah Wang MS2, Ellen Luebbers MD
Introduction
The goal of interprofessional learning is to prepare all health professions students for working together, with the common goal of building a safer and better patient-centered and community/population oriented U.S. health care system (Panel, 2011).
Preparing health care professional students for working in patient-centered teams needs to begin early and it has been identified that interdisciplinary teams decrease care costs and increase patient safety and satisfaction (IOM
2001, Allen 2006). Additionally, research on teams and teamwork has suggested that there are tools …show more content…
The organization operates a free, bi-monthly, acute-care medical clinic that is staffed and operated entirely by CWRU students and volunteer practitioners. The clinic provides free health-care and counseling to underserved populations within the Cleveland community.
Currently, students attend a short orientation to familiarize them with the clinic, but there was confusion around roles and responsibilities and no training about teamwork or interprofessionalism. We created an interprofessional workshop/orientation for first-year graduate nursing and medical student volunteers at the SRFC in order to address these needs.
Study Questions
Will a workshop for healthcare professions student volunteers lead to:
• An increased understanding of each other’s training, roles, and responsibilities; • Increased appreciation for the use of agenda-setting and feedback in the clinical setting;
• Use of agenda-setting and feedback while volunteering at the SRFC;
• Increased support for a team-based approach to the patient interview, assessment, and plan?
Goals of Workshop
Evaluation Tools
The goals of the workshop were as