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The purpose of this paper is to describe a pilot study that will further develop and refin Interprofessional Curriculum. The course is being designed to allow students an opportunity to apply interprofessional concepts within the context of a practicum experience. Students were recruited from a variety of He volunteered to participate representing nursing, physical therapy, and occupational therapy. chosen for the project site. In collaboration with the community site director, students created a Health,” and developed a health promotion/illness prevention student and faculty perceptions, course evaluations, and administration of the Team Effectivenes evaluations and student/faculty perceptions were positive, several challenges were identified. The results of the pre TET scores were analyzed using a Wilcoxon test. learned from this study will assist in the ongoing development of the capstone course, Integrative Interprofessional Practicu Experience, which will contribute to the preparation of students for collaborative practice. INTRODUCTION/BACKGROUND Interprofessional team collaboration has been identified as a major competency required for health care professionals. challenge facing health care educators is identifying methods to prepare students to work collaboratively in the One potential strategy to meet this challenge is to expose students to interprofessional teamwork during their formative education.4 To test the efficacy of this strategy, Saint Louis University developed an Interprofessional Education (I that is embedded in various health professions’ academic programs (Table 1). The curriculum culminates in a capstone course, “Integrative Interprofessional Practicum Experience.” Vol. 9 No. 4 ISSN 1540-580X Practicum Experience Rita Wunderlich, RN, PhD1 Cheryl Cavallo, PT, PhD2 Peggy Gettemeier, MPH, COTA/L3 Katie Eliot, MS, RD, LD4 Irma Ruebling, PT, MA5 , Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri Training, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri , St. Louis, Missouri , Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri Education, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri |
