The education of future health professionals has largely focused on their ability to function competently within their country’s health system and practice at the height of their abilities in collaboration with professionals from other fields. However, the current COVID-19 pandemic has heightened our awareness of global health concerns, the interconnectedness of countries, and the importance of interprofessional collaboration internationally. Global health interprofessional education has become a necessity, and it is imperative that we creatively pivot to find innovative methods to engage students in this field. Recent prohibitions of academic global travel and uncertainty institutions continue to face in recovering these types of opportunities have limited options for learners to develop a more global understanding of health. To address this, faculty from four disciplines developed an interprofessional, synchronous, online course entitled Contemporary Topics in Global Health: A Comparison of Country Responses to COVID-19. This unique and timely course utilized many elements of a flipped classroom and project-based learning modalities. Students were introduced to professionals around the globe, enabling interprofessional teams of students from Physical Therapy, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health, and Social Work to analyze the spectrum of international responses to the virus and appreciate the role of interprofessional practice within them. This talk will showcase the interprofessional perspective taken in the development of this course to provide insights as to how participants might replicate a similar experience. It will additionally describe student outcomes (qualitative and quantitative), informed by select competencies of the Consortium of Universities of Global Health (CUGH) Interprofessional Global Health Competencies. Proliferation of these types of experiences will provide valuable interprofessional, global health opportunities to learners impacted by the current pandemic (or otherwise unable to participate in academic global travel) and ensure that they are developing necessary global health and interprofessional awareness, engagement, and skills.
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
