The U.S. Food and Drug Administration provided emergency use authorization for the first COVID-19 vaccine in December 2020 causing healthcare systems to rapidly develop vaccine distribution models. This talk will discuss how, with faculty leadership, interprofessional students across four health science colleges staffed an academic affiliated hospital’s vaccine clinics to provide over 100,000 vaccinations in five months. Faculty and students from the schools of nursing and pharmacy have previously partnered with the hospital to provide mass influenza vaccination. This established interprofessional relationship was easily extended for the delivery of COVID-19 vaccinations through mass vaccination sites. While the vaccine clinics serving the hospital, university, and community at large were managed and overseen by registered nurses affiliated with the hospital, staffing was primarily by health science students with support from clinical faculty. Students from the colleges of dentistry, medicine, nursing, and pharmacy collectively provided over 11,000 hours of service over 5 months. Students prepared by reviewing asynchronous training materials and received hands-on training from nursing faculty during their first shift. At the change of shift, the students would train the next student on daily updates while clinical preceptorship of the students was provided by an interdisciplinary team of faculty from the four health colleges. Thus, students were engaged in learning from students and clinicians outside their discipline. Shared learning has continued across the students and faculty as information about the virus and vaccine continues to emerge. This interprofessional vaccine clinic experience will lead to future collaboration between the health science colleges, especially as we consider how to provide other large-scale interventions. Attendees will have the chance to think outside of their clinical silos and consider university-level interprofessional collaboration for system-wide initiatives. Attendees will also learn specific examples of how to create shared learning experiences across interprofessional teams.
In support of improving patient care, this activity is planned and implemented by The National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education Office of Interprofessional Continuing Professional Development (OICPD). The OICPD is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
As a Jointly Accredited Provider, the OICPD is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. The OICPD maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive continuing education credits.
This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.
Physicians: The National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education designates this live activity for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
Physician Assistants: The American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) accepts credit from organizations accredited by the ACCME.
Nurses: Participants will be awarded contact hours of credit for attendance at this workshop.
Nurse Practitioners: The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Program (AANPCP) accepts credit from organizations accredited by the ACCME and ANCC.
Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians: This activity is approved for contact hours.
Social Workers: As a Jointly Accredited Organization, the National Center is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. The National Center maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive continuing education credits.
IPCE: This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change
