A Mixed-Methods Evaluation of Social Work Learning Outcomes in Interprofessional Training with Medicine and Pharmacy Students. (17th July 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wharton, Tracy; Burg, Mary Ann
• Is Part Of: Journal of social work education. Volume 53(2017)Supplement 1
• Page Start: S87
• Page End: S96
• Publication Date: 2017-07-17
• Subjects: Social work education -- Periodicals; Social work education -- United States -- Periodicals; 361.305
• DOI: 10.1080/10437797.2017.1288592
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1043-7797

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Social work has moved firmly into a need for partnership training models, as our newest Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards explicitly call for interprofessional education (IPE). Although IPE is not a new model, we have not been consistently involved in training partnerships. Three professional schools formed partnerships to provide IPE events for social work ( n = 42), medicine ( n = 108), and pharmacy ( n = 49) students. Social work students showed positive change on a validated measure of attitudes and beliefs regarding interprofessional practice, and debriefing included rich discussions about challenges of communication and boundaries and perceptions of hierarchy and skills of other teammates in the context of case-based learning, guided by faculty from all three professions.