Interprofessional education workshop on aging: student perceptions of interprofessional collaboration, aging, and cultural fluency

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Table 1. Survey items mapped to IPEC core competencies

Item	IPEC core competency	IPEC sub-competency
Describe the older adult’s needs in the case study in collaboration with other professionals.
Demonstrate awareness and modify professional practice according to cultural diversity and differences that characterize patients, populations, and health teams.	Values and Ethics	VE3
Identify the unique cultures, values, roles/responsibilities, and expertise of other health professions as they relate to developing a team care plan for an older adult.	Values and Ethics	VE4
Recognize one’s limitations in skills, knowledge, and abilities during the development of a team-based care plan of an older adult.	Roles and Responsibilities	RR2
Communicate with team members to clarify each member’s responsibility in developing components of a care plan of an older adult.	Roles and Responsibilities	RR6
Express one’s knowledge and opinions, and actively listen to other team members involved in the creation of a care plan of an older adult.	Interprofessional Communication	CC3
	Interprofessional Communication	CC4

Abbreviated from IEC (2016)

Table 2. Descriptive statistics for 629 students participating in the IPE workshop from 2018–2020

Program	N (%)	Experience with older adults (mean and SD)	Experience with interprofessional team (mean and SD)	Experience with clients/patients from another culture (mean and SD)
Dietetics	23 (3.7%)	2.39 ± 0.78	2.22 ± 0.80	2.55 ± 0.80
Nursing	201 (32.0%)	3.15 ± 0.72	2.85 ± 0.68	2.61 ± 0.69
Occupational Therapy	70 (11.1%)	2.31 ± 0.65	2.29 ± 0.60	2.30 ± 0.64
Physician’s Assistant	28 (4.4%)	2.04 ± 0.90	2.46 ± 0.74	2.54 ± 0.69
Public Health	67 (10.7%)	2.05 ± 0.87	2.02 ± 0.71	2.61 ± 0.84
Physical Therapy	101 (16.1%)	2.56 ± 0.56	2.23 ± 0.53	2.28 ± 0.49
Respiratory Care	25 (4.0%)	3.16 ± 0.62	2.48 ± 0.82	2.8 ± 0.76
Social work	113 (18.0%)	1.98 ± 0.95	2.66 ± 0.92	2.96 ± 0.74

Responses were obtained on the following scale: none (1); a few opportunities (2); frequent opportunities (3); extensive opportunities (4)

Table 3. Pre- and post-workshop self-assessment of interprofessional skills

Item	Pre-workshop		Post-workshop		t (df)	p
	M	SD	M	SD
Describe the older adult’s needs in the case study in collaboration with other professionals.	3.09	0.69	3.61	0.51	−20.05 (623)	<.001
Demonstrate awareness and modify professional practice according to cultural diversity and differences that characterize patients, populations, and health teams.	3.00	0.71	3.51	0.53	−19.80 (624)	<.001
Communicate with team members to clarify each member’s responsibility in developing components of a care plan of an older adult.	3.09	0.73	3.63	0.51	−19.63 (624)	<.001
Express one’s knowledge and opinions, and actively listen, to other team members involved in the creation of a care plan of an older adult.	3.36	0.65	3.70	0.47	−13.79 (622)	<.001
Recognize one’s limitations in skills, knowledge, and abilities during the development of a team-based care plan of an older adult.	3.15	0.68	3.59	0.51	−18.05 (625)	<.001
Identify the unique cultures, values, roles/responsibilities, and expertise of other health professions as they relate to developing a team care plan for an older adult.	2.93	0.74	3.53	0.53	−22.09 (625)	<.001

Responses were obtained on the following scale: not at all prepared (1); somewhat prepared (2); prepared (3); highly prepared (4)

Table 4. Themes and codes

Theme	Code
Aging	Aging
Cultural Fluency	Culture
	Additional Aspects of Cultural Fluency Role Clarity Appreciation of Other’s Roles Respectful and Open Expression
Interprofessional Competencies	Career Preparation
	Collaboration
	Unprofessional Behavior
	Variable Participation
Operational Suggestions	Workshop logistics
	Balance of professions
	Preparation
	Student fit
	Preparation

Interprofessional Education Collaborative. (2016). Core competencies for interprofessional collaborative practice: 2016 updated. https://hsc.unm.edu/ipe/resources/ipec-2016-core-competencies.pdf

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Data Availability Statement

The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author, [CW], upon reasonable request.