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Abstract
The interprofessional clinical experience (ICE) was designed to introduce trainees to the roles of different healthcare professionals, provide an opportunity to participate in an interprofessional team, and familiarize trainees with caring for older adults in the nursing home setting. Healthcare trainees from seven professions (dentistry, medicine, nursing, nutrition, occupational therapy, optometry and social work) participated in ICE. This program consisted of individual patient interviews followed by a team meeting to develop a comprehensive care plan. To evaluate the impact of ICE on attitudinal change, the UCLA Geriatric Attitudes Scale and a post-experience assessment were used. The post-experience assessment evaluated the trainees’ perception of potential team members’ roles and attitudes about interprofessional team care of the older adult. Attitudes toward interprofessional teamwork and the older adult were generally positive. ICE is a novel program that allows trainees across healthcare professions to experience interprofessional teamwork in the nursing home setting.
Acknowledgements
We would like to acknowledge the preceptors: Natalie Baker, Amanda Brown, Diane Clark, Charnetta Gadling-Cole, Marcia Green, Lillian Mitchell and Mark Swanson.
Declaration of interest
The authors received support for their individual roles in the Interprofessional Clinical Experience from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)-funded Geriatric Education Center Grant (UB4HP19045). K.D.S. received support as a John A. Hartford Foundation Scholar Award from the Southeast Center of Excellence in Geriatric Medicine. C.J.B. received support from the VA Rehabilitation Research and Development Merit Review Award (E7036R). C.N.H. received support from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation. C.S.R is supported by a Geriatric Academic Leadership Award from the National Institute on Aging (1K07AG31779) and was previously supported by the HRSA-funded Geriatric Education Center grant while she was at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. K.T.F has no disclosures and no conflicts of interest. The content of this article is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of any of the funding agencies.
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