TY - JOUR
T1 - Interprofessional peer teaching
T2 - The value of a pharmacy student-led pharmacology course for physical therapy students
AU - Hsia, Stephanie
AU - Tran, Dan N.
AU - Beechinor, Ryan
AU - Gahbauer, Alice
AU - Fitzsimmons, Amber
AU - Brock, Tina
PY - 2020/10
Y1 - 2020/10
N2 - Background: This report describes the creation, implementation, and evaluation of an interprofessional pharmacy student-led pharmacology course for physical therapy students. The course was designed using a flipped classroom model and a peer-assisted learning framework. Interprofessional education activity: We describe the development, design, assessment, and evaluation of a pharmacy student-led pharmacology course for physical therapy students. This report focuses specifically on the interprofessional aspect of the course, which was measured using the student perceptions of physician-pharmacist interprofessional clinical education (SPICE) instrument. Discussion: The SPICE instrument was measured across two cohorts in 2015 and 2016. Each cohort consisted of approximately 50 physical therapy students. After implementation of the course, there were significant improvements across all three domains of the SPICE instrument: interprofessional teamwork, roles/responsibilities for collaborative practice, and patient outcomes from collaborative practice (P <.01). Qualitative feedback from the physical therapy students and pharmacy student teaching assistants was positive and emphasized the benefits of interprofessional peer teaching. Implications: Overall, this interprofessional peer teaching model effectively improved interprofessional attitudes while accomplishing didactic needs. This innovative course may serve as a model for interprofessional education in different subject areas or across other health professions programs.
AB - Background: This report describes the creation, implementation, and evaluation of an interprofessional pharmacy student-led pharmacology course for physical therapy students. The course was designed using a flipped classroom model and a peer-assisted learning framework. Interprofessional education activity: We describe the development, design, assessment, and evaluation of a pharmacy student-led pharmacology course for physical therapy students. This report focuses specifically on the interprofessional aspect of the course, which was measured using the student perceptions of physician-pharmacist interprofessional clinical education (SPICE) instrument. Discussion: The SPICE instrument was measured across two cohorts in 2015 and 2016. Each cohort consisted of approximately 50 physical therapy students. After implementation of the course, there were significant improvements across all three domains of the SPICE instrument: interprofessional teamwork, roles/responsibilities for collaborative practice, and patient outcomes from collaborative practice (P <.01). Qualitative feedback from the physical therapy students and pharmacy student teaching assistants was positive and emphasized the benefits of interprofessional peer teaching. Implications: Overall, this interprofessional peer teaching model effectively improved interprofessional attitudes while accomplishing didactic needs. This innovative course may serve as a model for interprofessional education in different subject areas or across other health professions programs.
KW - Education
KW - Flipped classroom
KW - Interprofessional
KW - Peer learning
KW - Peer teaching
KW - Pharmacy
KW - Physical therapy
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85086589087&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.cptl.2020.05.010
DO - 10.1016/j.cptl.2020.05.010
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85086589087
SN - 1877-1297
VL - 12
SP - 1252
EP - 1257
JO - Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning
JF - Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning
IS - 10
ER -