Students Practicing Interprofessional Collaboration in the Context of Hospice and Palliative Care

Abstract

Interprofessional education allows students to collaborate with students and professionals of multiple disciplines. An Interdisciplinary Palliative Care (IPC) Seminar, held in the Midwest, involves students from disciplines of medicine, nursing, pharmacy, social work, and chaplaincy. The curriculum of the seminar incorporates asynchronous and synchronous didactic presentations, experiential learning through group exercises and discussion, along with home visits by students in interdisciplinary dyads. The purpose of this study was to determine whether students’ participation in a 3-week IPC seminar would positively influence their socialization and value of interprofessional collaboration with the ultimate goal of developing skilled professionals who engage in interprofessional practice in hospice and palliative care settings. This descriptive study invited participants to take a pre- and postseminar online survey using the Interprofessional Socialization and Valuing Scale-21 (ISVS-21) to assess shifts in students’ perceptions of interprofessional socialization and the value of collaborative health-care practice. In their pre-and postseminar scores, 71 participants reported they more strongly agreed with all items on the ISVS-21 after completing the seminar. The results from this study suggest the IPC Seminar is an effective educational model for advancing the value of interprofessional socialization and collaborative practice in hospice and palliative health-care.

Palliative Care Knowledge Following an Interdisciplinary Palliative Care Seminar

“…The IPC Seminar has historically been an effective means of educating students about interprofessional collaboration and socialization. 5 However, the effectiveness of the IPC Seminar on palliative care knowledge has not been quantified in past years. Since the relevance of palliative and hospice care increased tremendously because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the research team focused on palliative care knowledge acquisition.…”

“…Prior to the fall of 2020, the IPC Seminar included face-to-face encounters of interprofessional student groups and a patient on hospice or palliative care services in addition to large and small group sessions which were also in a face-to-face environment. 5 When long-term care facilities and many clinical agencies remained closed to students in the fall of 2020, the IPC academic workgroup had to pivot quickly to adapt the educational intervention to meet student learning objectives while maintaining the safety of patient. The academic workgroup involved faculty from the professions of medicine, nursing, social work, pharmacy, and chaplaincy that worked collaboratively to guide the curriculum of the IPC Seminar so it could still take place amid a global pandemic.…”

“…[1][2][3] Prior to the publication of the Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) core competencies, 4 a small group of hospice and palliative care professionals implemented an Interdisciplinary Palliative Care (IPC) Seminar to bring together students and faculty from multiple disciplines to focus on the tenets of hospice and palliative care within the context of an interprofessional team. 5,6 Background Over time, the IPC Seminar has evolved and changed; yet the interprofessional foundation has always been at the core of the educational intervention. The most significant change to the IPC Seminar came due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact it had on clinical sites, specifically on sites caring for the most vulnerable populations.…”

“…1-3 Prior to the publication of the Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) core competencies, 4 a small group of hospice and palliative care professionals implemented an Interdisciplinary Palliative Care (IPC) Seminar to bring together students and faculty from multiple disciplines to focus on the tenets of hospice and palliative care within the context of an interprofessional team. 5,6…”

Students' Perception of Servant Leadership by Physical Therapy Faculty Mentors Is Associated With Interprofessional Socialization

“…Interprofessional socialization was measured using the ISVS-21. 71 Leveraging 21 items on a 7point Likert scale (1 = not at all to 7 = a very great extent), 15,16,83 the ISVS-21 provides a global measure of interprofessional socialization, with items representing the beliefs, behaviors, and attitudes of socialization toward IPCP. e ISVS-21 is identified as a theoretically grounded instrument with a strong factor structure refined through Item-Response eory from the original reliable and valid ISVS.…”