Effects of a Virtual Educational Intervention to Teach Interprofessional Collaboration to Community Health Nursing Students

ABSTRACT

Purpose

To evaluate the effectiveness of a virtual interprofessional collaboration in public health educational intervention.

Design

Mixed-methods study.

Methods

Sample (N =171) consisted of community health nursing students, who completed an assessment after watching six videos, illustrating how various disciplines collaborate in a public health department.

Findings

Participants felt their interprofessional awareness, understanding, and collaboration intention increased; clarified discipline misconceptions, and application/utilization plans for this knowledge in practice were revealed.

Conclusions

Interprofessional collaboration in public health educational intervention was effective in increasing participants’ interprofessional awareness, understanding, and intent to collaborate.

Clinical Evidence

Educational intervention is a strategy to improve students’ knowledge of interprofessional collaboration in public health.

KEYWORDS:

• Interprofessional Relations
• Public Health
• Community Health Nursing
• Education, Distance

Disclosure Statement

The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

Author contributions

Jenni L. Hoffman, DNP, RN, FNP-C, CLNC, FAANP (First Author)- coordinated research project, IRB submission, data analysis, drafted and edited manuscript, and manuscript submission.

Grigoris Argeros, PhD (Second Author)- data analysis and edited manuscript.

Additional information

Funding

There is no funding to report.