A community-based interprofessional education fall prevention project

Knowledge about and Attitudes of Interdisciplinary Team Members toward Occupational Therapy Practice: Implications and Future Directions

“…The addition of IPE courses within the health care curricula was also perceived as crucial element internationally [9, 19-22]. It is important, however, to note that the application of IPE in the health care curricula requires practical and structured learning experiences of learning about, from and with other health care students [21, 23]. Doing so can guarantee a better use of IPE within different educational institutions as opposed to merely conducting educational seminars or tutorial sessions [24].…”

“…To illustrate the usefulness of applying true IPE within the educational curricula, involving the students in practical learning experiences or community-based projects demonstrated favorable learning outcomes of IPE experiences for students of various health care professions [23]. Hence, OT, physical therapy, and pharmacy students participated in a screening project of risk of fall in elderly patients living in the community.…”

“…Through using validated measures such as the Readiness for Interprofessional Learning Scale and the Interdisciplinary Education Perception Scale, the study findings demonstrated positive perception of the students with relevance to team working, communication, and patient care. The students also reported that such learned activity is practical and reflective of their future practice [23]. Therefore, we suggest the inclusion of both cross-sectional as well as longitudinal research studies to document and monitor the effectiveness of IPE activities within these educational curricula using validated tools and outcome measures.…”

<p>Stimulating Students’ Interprofessional Teamwork Skills Through Community-Based Education: A Mixed Methods Evaluation</p>

“…27 Various approaches to CBIPE have been previously reported such as learning in rural and primary healthcare settings, 24,28,29 community-based learning within broader community context 16,22,30 and for specific community context; the commonly used model of CBIPE in the western countries. 21,[31][32][33][34][35] The nature of interprofessional learning activities is mainly to provide healthcare services primary healthcare setting, not in the community. Examples of CBIPE in specific community contexts have often been limited to specific settings like senior housing 32 or child healthcare.…”

“…21,[31][32][33][34][35] The nature of interprofessional learning activities is mainly to provide healthcare services primary healthcare setting, not in the community. Examples of CBIPE in specific community contexts have often been limited to specific settings like senior housing 32 or child healthcare. 34 To enable students to acquire comprehensive skills ranging from diagnosing health problems in the community, to formulating and implementing the problemsolving activities, 20,22 designing a CBIPE program providing those learning opportunities needed to be designed.…”