The past two years have reminded us how much we depend on one another and how critical teamwork is to achieving our goals of outstanding education, research, and clinical care.
One of the goals of OACA is to ensure that our students and trainees are prepared to work and lead in team-based environments. I’d like to share a few innovative examples from the past year.
One of the goals of OACA is to ensure that our students and trainees are prepared to work and lead in team-based environments. I’d like to share a few innovative examples from the past year.
- The Interprofessional Internship Program recruits community partners to give students an opportunity to work with other health professionals to solve real-world problems. The program is currently in its second year with a cohort of 20 students from across the health sciences.
- The new Center for Interprofessional Health develops new ways to improve interprofessional education, research, practice, and collaboration. The center hosts Better Together: Preparing for Collaborative Practice, a course to help students develop interprofessional communication and collaboration skills. This fall, more than 1,200 students from 19 different degree programs participated in these sessions.
- Last October, M Simulation collaborated with the School of Nursing and School of Social Work on an interprofessional simulation event. Students learned to work across disciplines in different scenarios using standardized patients. Feedback was unanimously positive that this had the benefits of training in a space that was both realistic and a safe space to practice.
These are just a few of the outstanding efforts being made in OACA. Let’s continue to evolve in the new year to ensure the best possible education and training for learners across the health sciences and beyond.
Where do you use interprofessional programming in your field? Where do you think we could develop more opportunities for these kinds of activities? Ideas for improvement and innovation are always welcome.
Where do you use interprofessional programming in your field? Where do you think we could develop more opportunities for these kinds of activities? Ideas for improvement and innovation are always welcome.
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