Lightning Talk

Interprofessional Collaborative Research: Bridging Art to Science on the Road to Discovery

Thursday, October 7, 2021, 1:15 pm - 2:15 pm CDT
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Accreditation Information
The recording of this session has been accredited for Interprofessional Continuing Education credit (IPCE) as enduring material. After watching this recording, you may claim IPCE credit by clicking this link. Interprofessional Continuing Education Credit is available to claim through December 31, 2021. Please see details below.

Despite common use in patient care, interprofessional practice is less utilized in health professions education (HPE) research. Using art, music, and other humanities disciplines coupled with academic disciplines in the sciences, interprofessional practice in HPE is an innovative means for exploring new avenues for investigating and presenting science data. Our lab’s research objectives draw on each profession’s expertise and creative problem-solving for addressing quality and safety in the operating room toward improved patient care. Scientific research is a text-laden process. Especially evident in qualitative ethnography, text is contained through rich narratives in the researcher’s fieldnotes and in transcripts from interviews. Each source serves to locate meaning within a social context such as an operating room. Yet words alone may miss important nuances better represented through visual interpretation. In HPE research, visual data provides especially compelling evidence for deciphering meaning. It frees the written word and uncovers the characteristics of the research process by exposing the interrelatedness of the observed and connecting phenomena that may otherwise remain elusive. This presentation describes a novel collaboration between an artist/researcher and a surgeon/researcher focusing on several innovative projects conducted in an interprofessional research lab through visual exploration of scientific data: the embodiment of the research process; a comparative analysis of haptic perception in surgery and artmaking. Each study was designed to more fully investigate within the surgical environment, interprofessional collaborative practice, communication, and surgical team agency. Because scientific work is often isolated, an interprofessional approach can provide a new lens for analysis and interpretation. Understanding the implications of cross-disciplinary approaches in HPE research may open-up possibilities for collaboration for both scientific research and science informed artmaking. Take home message: The intersection of art and science expands both thinking and discovery for finding meaning in HPE research.

Accreditation Details

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