A single institution, cross-sectional study on medical student preferences for collaborators in interprofessional education.
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2024-02
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While the importance of interprofessional education in medical training has been well-established, no specific framework has been used uniformly or shown to be most effective in the creation of interprofessional education (IPE) sessions. Further, prior studies have demonstrated that students have preferences for the design of these experiences. In this study, we sought to understand medical student preference for interprofessional teammates and motivations for this choice.Methods
In this single-institution, cross-sectional analysis of the Duke IPE Clinic, participating students from September 2019-March 2020 completed a voluntary electronic survey that queried preferences for which health professions students (Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT), Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing (ABSN), Nurse Practitioner (NP), Pharmacy, and Physician's Associate (PA)) they would want to work with, and the motivating reason. Preferences and reasons were compared between first-year medical students (MS1s) and third- and fourth-year medical students (MS3s/MS4s).Results
In total, 132 students participated. We found that MS1s most preferred interprofessional teammates with a more similar area of study (PA, NP), whereas MS3s/MS4s most preferred classmates with a less similar area of study (pharmacy, DPT, ABSN). MS1 students frequently selected their first-choice preference because the profession seemed most similar, while MS3/MS4 students often selected their first-choice preference because the profession seemed most different.Conclusions
Medical students earlier in training have more interest in working with professions they view as similar whereas senior students prefer to work with professions they view as more different. This information is important for designing educational IPE opportunities.Type
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Goins, Emily C, Margaret Coates, Alexander Gordee, Maragatha Kuchibahtla, Kathleen Waite and Erin Leiman (2024). A single institution, cross-sectional study on medical student preferences for collaborators in interprofessional education. BMC medical education, 24(1). p. 175. 10.1186/s12909-023-05006-5 Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/30665.
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Erin Roxanne Leiman
Erin Leiman, MD is Assistant Professor, Director of Undergraduate Medical Education, and Medical Director of the Physician Assistant Residency Program in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Duke University School of Medicine. Dr. Leiman leads other undergraduate academic pursuits as the Assistant Director for the Duke Interprofessional Education and Care Center and the medical director of the Interprofessional Education Clinic that brings together interprofessional students and faculty to care for patients. She received her medical degree from Vanderbilt University and trained at the Harvard-affiliated program in Emergency Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Boston where she was chief resident.
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