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Preparing a healthcare workforce for geriatrics care: an Interprofessional team based learning program
BACKGROUND: Improving the care of older adults in our healthcare system involves teams working together. As the geriatrics population rises globally, health science learners need to be prepared to work collaboratively to recognize and treat common conditions in geriatrics. To enable workforce prepar...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8594177/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34784894 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-021-02456-8 |
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author | Bhattacharya, Shelley B. Jernigan, Stephen Hyatt, Myra Sabata, Dory Johnston, Shane Burkhardt, Crystal |
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description | BACKGROUND: Improving the care of older adults in our healthcare system involves teams working together. As the geriatrics population rises globally, health science learners need to be prepared to work collaboratively to recognize and treat common conditions in geriatrics. To enable workforce preparation, the Institute of Medicine and the National League for Nursing emphasize the need to implement interprofessional active learning activities for undergraduate healthcare learners at academic medical centers. METHODS: The Geriatrics Champions Program was a team-based learning activity created to meet this task. It was a 24-month program, repeated twice, that impacted 768 learners and 151 faculty from medicine, occupational therapy, physical therapy, nursing, social welfare, psychology, pharmacy and dietetics. Each class was intentionally divided into 20 interprofessional teams that met four times annually. Each session focused on one geriatrics domain. The objectives were centered around the specific geriatrics competencies for each health profession, divided into the eight domains written in the “American Geriatrics Society IM-FM Residency Competencies”. Evaluation consisted of individual and team Readiness Assessment Tests (iRAT and tRAT). Surveys were also used to collect feedback using a Likert scale. Wilcoxon signed rank tests were used to compare iRAT and tRAT scores. Other analyses identified characteristics associated with tRAT performance group (Unpaired t-tests) and tRAT performance on the raw scale (Pearson correlation). Paired t-tests using a 7-level Likert Scale measured pre-post change in learner knowledge. RESULTS: Student tRAT scores were 30% higher than iRAT scores (p < 0.001). Teams were more likely to score 100% on the initial tRAT attempt if more team members attended the current session (p < 0.001), more health professions were represented by team members in attendance (p = 0.053), and the team had a better track record of past attendance (p < 0.01). In the post-program evaluation, learners felt this program was helpful for their career preparation in interprofessional geriatrics care. CONCLUSIONS: Learners understood that teams performed better than individuals in the care of older adults. Feedback from the learners and faculty was consistently positive and learners felt better prepared for geriatrics care. The program’s benefits may extend beyond individual sessions. |
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spelling | pubmed-85941772021-11-16 Preparing a healthcare workforce for geriatrics care: an Interprofessional team based learning program Bhattacharya, Shelley B. Jernigan, Stephen Hyatt, Myra Sabata, Dory Johnston, Shane Burkhardt, Crystal BMC Geriatr Research Article BACKGROUND: Improving the care of older adults in our healthcare system involves teams working together. As the geriatrics population rises globally, health science learners need to be prepared to work collaboratively to recognize and treat common conditions in geriatrics. To enable workforce preparation, the Institute of Medicine and the National League for Nursing emphasize the need to implement interprofessional active learning activities for undergraduate healthcare learners at academic medical centers. METHODS: The Geriatrics Champions Program was a team-based learning activity created to meet this task. It was a 24-month program, repeated twice, that impacted 768 learners and 151 faculty from medicine, occupational therapy, physical therapy, nursing, social welfare, psychology, pharmacy and dietetics. Each class was intentionally divided into 20 interprofessional teams that met four times annually. Each session focused on one geriatrics domain. The objectives were centered around the specific geriatrics competencies for each health profession, divided into the eight domains written in the “American Geriatrics Society IM-FM Residency Competencies”. Evaluation consisted of individual and team Readiness Assessment Tests (iRAT and tRAT). Surveys were also used to collect feedback using a Likert scale. Wilcoxon signed rank tests were used to compare iRAT and tRAT scores. Other analyses identified characteristics associated with tRAT performance group (Unpaired t-tests) and tRAT performance on the raw scale (Pearson correlation). Paired t-tests using a 7-level Likert Scale measured pre-post change in learner knowledge. RESULTS: Student tRAT scores were 30% higher than iRAT scores (p < 0.001). Teams were more likely to score 100% on the initial tRAT attempt if more team members attended the current session (p < 0.001), more health professions were represented by team members in attendance (p = 0.053), and the team had a better track record of past attendance (p < 0.01). In the post-program evaluation, learners felt this program was helpful for their career preparation in interprofessional geriatrics care. CONCLUSIONS: Learners understood that teams performed better than individuals in the care of older adults. Feedback from the learners and faculty was consistently positive and learners felt better prepared for geriatrics care. The program’s benefits may extend beyond individual sessions. BioMed Central 2021-11-16 /pmc/articles/PMC8594177/ /pubmed/34784894 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-021-02456-8 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Bhattacharya, Shelley B. Jernigan, Stephen Hyatt, Myra Sabata, Dory Johnston, Shane Burkhardt, Crystal Preparing a healthcare workforce for geriatrics care: an Interprofessional team based learning program |
title | Preparing a healthcare workforce for geriatrics care: an Interprofessional team based learning program |
title_full | Preparing a healthcare workforce for geriatrics care: an Interprofessional team based learning program |
title_fullStr | Preparing a healthcare workforce for geriatrics care: an Interprofessional team based learning program |
title_full_unstemmed | Preparing a healthcare workforce for geriatrics care: an Interprofessional team based learning program |
title_short | Preparing a healthcare workforce for geriatrics care: an Interprofessional team based learning program |
title_sort | preparing a healthcare workforce for geriatrics care: an interprofessional team based learning program |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8594177/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34784894 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-021-02456-8 |
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