Due to the COVID-19 pandemic Lincoln Memorial University DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine’s 3rd Opioid Education Symposium, focusing on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), was converted to an online format including a pre-event interprofessional networking activity for students. The ultimate goal of the symposium was to provide a vehicle for students and community members to explore multiple perspectives on the impact of ACEs on the opioid crisis. This was accomplished by connecting…

Discuss selected theme(s): It is vitally important for patients to have a voice in their care and share their opinions. We sought to understand the patient experience of watching and directly participating in prelicensure interprofessional medical training and if they viewed this participation as beneficial in their care or conversely, as discomfiting.   Detail how the Lightning Talk represents an interprofessional initiative: The Duke Interprofessional…

Introduction: Early in the COVID-19 crisis, a large Southwestern utility company reached out to surrounding education and research partners for help. Their community of employees are essential to the power supply for a significant portion of the southwestern US, positioning them at the center of this newly formed community of care. An interprofessional team from nursing, laboratory science, environmental health and safety, IT support, security, and site operations quickly mobilized…

As per accreditation mandates for many professions, interprofessional education (IPE) has become an important effort for many institutions. Over the past few years, greater attention has been placed on interprofessional learning in practice (LIP) to effectively equip health profession students with the collaborative skills needed to achieve the Quadruple Aim. The Interprofessional Teaching Clinic (IPTC) is one such long-standing LIP opportunity that has afforded students from seven different…

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between self-management (SM) behaviors, family support (FS) , patient perceptions of interprofessional collaborative (IPC) teamwork, health-related quality of life (HRQoL), glycemic stability (SRBG), and patients with diabetic foot ulceration (DFU). Significance: With over 30 million Americans living with diabetes and half of those not participating in education related to their condition, there is a need to improve…

The COVID-19 pandemic brought impromptu consequences for all aspects of academic healthcare, including interprofessional (IP) collaborative practice. At Duke Health, leadership across the campus provided support to establish a Center for Interprofessional Education and Care (IPEC). A leadership team composed of representatives from medicine, nursing, PA, and PT programs, was hired in January 2020 to launch the Center and conduct a strategic planning process. This planned inaugural process…

As a newly appointed IPE Coordinator within my college I had two primary goals: first, expand the integration of IPE themes and competencies within courses that I am teaching, and second, develop an actionable plan to expand the IPE program within the College of Optometry in collaboration with other health professions programs at UMSL and within the St. Louis region. The AIHC Mentoring Program enabled me to step back and engage in ongoing discussions of what I wanted to create. It…

Research and practice wisdom demonstrate that health outcomes require more than simply prescribing the right medication for a disease. A wide variety of patient, family, caregiver, and community factors ranging from medication costs to high risk home situations may hinder desired outcomes and even lead to premature death. A pilot project was developed by health professions faculty from two schools to teach social determinants of health outcomes. Programs involved included pharmacy (PharmD),…

This project deepened learning opportunities for preceptors and students in nontraditional IPE community-based settings by focusing on IPE and how it can promote better outcomes for population health and social determinants of health affecting clients/ patients and families of their organizations. The institute sought to combine classroom instruction, networking, information sharing, community-based project assignments, and supportive mentorship with the aim of developing community-based IPE…

Telehealth increases health care value and access to care. Its adoption has been accelerated due to COVID-19, impacting practicing clinicians and health professions learners. The abrupt transition to online learning spurred the rapid development of a telehealth simulation with standardized patients for 273 student learners from medicine, nursing, pharmacy and social work enrolled in a longitudinal, 2-semester interprofessional education (IPE) foundations curriculum. The telehealth simulation…