Introducing students to patient safety through an online interprofessional course

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Table 1 Course design, learning activities, and online format context for the interprofessional patient safety course

Stage of learning	Learning activities	Online format
Acquisition	Learning new content information through reading and viewing for each of 4 modules: 1. The Health Care System and Calls for Improvement 2. Negotiating Across Cultures 3. Social Determinants of Health 4. Evidence-based Decision-making in Practice and Research	Posting of select articles, videos, and other resources for each module
Application	Reflecting and proposing solutions to each phase of the fictional sentinel case event. For example: Module 1: how would the patient fare in a different health system in terms of access to care and affordability? Module 2: (1) how does the patient’s culture influence her health behaviors? How are your beliefs different from hers and how would this impact your care for her?	Postings on discussion board and responses by student team members and faculty facilitator
Demonstration	Working in an IP team and conducting a root cause analysis of a sentinel event in a fictional case	Student IP team presentation of results of root cause analysis to one other IP team

Abbreviation: IP, interprofessional.

Table 2 Percentage agreement of students to course evaluation items related to broad learning goals and course format

Item	Disagree	Neutral	Agree
Appreciation for IP collaboration increased	6.1	15.9	78.0
Knowledge of specific professions increased	12.7	18.0	69.4
Knowledge about my profession’s role in IP work increased	12.6	26.5	60.8
Teamwork skills improved	12.8	35.3	51.9
This activity was worthwhile for my professional development	26.9	32.8	40.2
I enjoyed learning with students from other professions	4.9	15.3	79.7
I would like more face-to-face time with my group	16.0	25.0	59.0

Abbreviation: IP, interprofessional.

Table 3 Percentage agreement of students to course evaluation items related to course content areas

Item	Disagree	Neutral	Agree
Health care system	10.3	22.1	67.6
Cultural competency	9.4	18.4	72.3
Patient safety	6.5	15.5	78.0
Ethics	9.8	26.5	63.7
Social determinants of health	5.7	21.3	73.0
Health disparities	8.5	21.6	69.8
Evidence-based decision-making	18.0	29.8	52.3

Table 4 Percentage agreement of faculty facilitators with course evaluation items

Item	Disagree	Neutral	Agree
Through this course I think students’:
Appreciation of interprofessional collaboration increased.	3.3	0.0	96.7
Knowledge about specific professions increased.	6.6	16.7	76.7
Knowledge about their own profession’s role in interprofessional work increased.	3.3	6.7	90.0
Teamwork skills improved.	3.3	6.7	90.0
This course was worthwhile for students’ professional development.	3.3	3.3	93.4
I would like more face-to-face time with students in the course.	6.9	20.7	72.4
My workload as a faculty facilitator was manageable.	10.0	10.0	80.0