Education Highlights 17 interprofessional education, research, practice, and/or administration. The program seeks to foster a new generation of people who demonstrate interprofessional competencies that span multiple disciplines and contexts. Further, the fellowship strives to enrich collaborative learning experiences and scholarship, thereby supporting a deeper level of interprofessional engagement and integration.
Interprofessional Awards Grant Winners An interprofessional team from the College was selected as one of the four university-wide recipients of the inaugural 2011-2013 IP/ID grant funding cycle: Drs. Wanda Gonsalves, Patty Coker-Bolt, Kit Simpson, Sara Kraft, and Gretchen Seif wrote a winning proposal entitled “IPE at MUSC: Community Aid, Relief, Education and Support (CARES) Clinic.” The Community Aid, Relief, Education and Support Clinic (CARES) clinic is an example of an existing MUSC interprofessional learning experience where students from multiple professions work together to learn from each other while serving the community. Since 2005, this service learning experience has enhanced the preclinical experience of medical, occupational therapy (OT), physical therapy (PT), pharmacy, and physician assistant (PA) students while providing much needed health care to the uninsured population in the Tricounty (Berkley, Charleston, Dorchester) areas and beyond. The newly funded project will examine the learning outcomes of OT, PT, PA, medicine, and pharmacy students that participate in the CARES clinic program via survey assessment.
Additionally, the project examines the economic impact of an interprofessional student run free medical clinic for unfunded patients. Results will be used to assess the impact of the CARES program on the Charleston community and to grow and expand this program.
National Awards for Poster Presentations Faculty, staff and students from all colleges at MUSC were represented at the Collaborating Across Borders III conference focusing on an exploration of common issues around interprofessional education (IPE) and practice (IPP). Held in Tucson, AZ, November 2011, the conference theme, “Interprofessional Collaboration: From Concept to Preparation to Practice,” reflected the importance of further conceptual development occurring simultaneously with efforts to prepare current and future practitioners for evolving demands in interprofessional collaborative practice. The College of Health Professions received two awards for best posters: Drs. Sara Kraft, Holly Wise, Paul Jacques, Mr. Jerry Burik, Drs. Barbara Edlund (College of Nursing), Maralynne Mitcham, and David Graber were awarded best poster (development theme), “Discharge planning case study: An interprofessional learning activity to enhance caring/compassion in health professions students.” Medical student E. Thomas Lewis, pharmacy student Caroline Griggs, Mr. David Howell and Dr. Maralynne Mitcham were awarded best poster (infrastructure theme) for “Assessing the effectiveness of a student interprofessional society in promoting collaboration between future health care practitioners.” n
Student assists a patient in the CARES clinic.
Incoming students enjoy lunch together at CHP New Student Orientation, May 2012
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