Implementing a Large Scale Interprofessional Poverty Simulation

ABSTRACT

This article shares one university’s experience in deploying the Community Action Poverty Simulation (CAPS) for interprofessional learning. Little guidance exists for implementing large-scale interprofessional simulations in higher education, especially with students from various healthcare professions. We will present our efforts implementing CAPS with students from a variety of healthcare majors. First, we provide background about our institution and CAPS in an effort to describe our implementation initiative including learners and facilitators. Second, we cover the adaptation of CAPS to include best practices in simulation. Specifically, we review prebriefing and debriefing, as well as logistics in implementing the poverty simulation as an interprofessional activity at a large university. Finally, we discuss learning and institutional outcomes related to CAPS.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Additional information

Funding

Funding to support this research came from the UAB Center for Teaching & Learning to scale up the use of CAPS at our institution.

Notes on contributors

Dawn Taylor Peterson

Dawn Taylor Peterson is an Associate Professor at The University of Alabama at Birmingham. Laurel Iverson Hitchcock is an Associate Professor at The University of Alabama at Birmingham. R. Lynn Holt is an Assistant Professor at The University of Alabama at Birmingham. Michelle R. Brown, PhD, is an Associate Professor and Program Director of Healthcare Simulation at The University of Alabama at Birmingham. Marjorie Lee White is a Professor at The University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Laurel Iverson Hitchcock

Dawn Taylor Peterson is an Associate Professor at The University of Alabama at Birmingham. Laurel Iverson Hitchcock is an Associate Professor at The University of Alabama at Birmingham. R. Lynn Holt is an Assistant Professor at The University of Alabama at Birmingham. Michelle R. Brown, PhD, is an Associate Professor and Program Director of Healthcare Simulation at The University of Alabama at Birmingham. Marjorie Lee White is a Professor at The University of Alabama at Birmingham.

R. Lynn Holt

Dawn Taylor Peterson is an Associate Professor at The University of Alabama at Birmingham. Laurel Iverson Hitchcock is an Associate Professor at The University of Alabama at Birmingham. R. Lynn Holt is an Assistant Professor at The University of Alabama at Birmingham. Michelle R. Brown, PhD, is an Associate Professor and Program Director of Healthcare Simulation at The University of Alabama at Birmingham. Marjorie Lee White is a Professor at The University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Michelle R. Brown

Dawn Taylor Peterson is an Associate Professor at The University of Alabama at Birmingham. Laurel Iverson Hitchcock is an Associate Professor at The University of Alabama at Birmingham. R. Lynn Holt is an Assistant Professor at The University of Alabama at Birmingham. Michelle R. Brown, PhD, is an Associate Professor and Program Director of Healthcare Simulation at The University of Alabama at Birmingham. Marjorie Lee White is a Professor at The University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Marjorie Lee White

Dawn Taylor Peterson is an Associate Professor at The University of Alabama at Birmingham. Laurel Iverson Hitchcock is an Associate Professor at The University of Alabama at Birmingham. R. Lynn Holt is an Assistant Professor at The University of Alabama at Birmingham. Michelle R. Brown, PhD, is an Associate Professor and Program Director of Healthcare Simulation at The University of Alabama at Birmingham. Marjorie Lee White is a Professor at The University of Alabama at Birmingham.