Helping students to develop creative problem-solving skills and to work with other professions to come up with novel solutions is a key part of interprofessional collaboration (IPC). Innovation sprints are considered to be a novel pedagogy where small, diverse groups of students gather to find innovative solutions to problems within a given field. At the University at Buffalo Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) and Master of Public Health (MPH) students worked together to address the problem of…

The purpose of this lightning talk is to discuss the need for academic-practice partnerships that support the education, training, and development of students, faculty, and healthcare workers in interprofessional education and practice (IPEP) opportunities. Presenters will discuss the collaborative vision among Area Health Education Centers (AHEC), the American Interprofessional Health Collaborative (AIHC), and the National Association for Interprofessional Health Mentorship, Education, and…

It is vital that healthcare professionals work together in a concentrated effort to help patients achieve tobacco cessation. As such, it is essential that students in health professions programs learn appropriate communication and teamwork skills to be an effective member of patient care teams. This presentation will describe the development and implementation of an interactive, virtual escape room that reinforced important tobacco cessation concepts with pharmacy, dental, dental hygiene and…

In order to continue to deliver high quality interprofessional education during the COVID-19 pandemic, educational innovations including virtual simulations have been necessary. The Mock Trial interprofessional learning event is designed to give law students and medical, nursing, pharmacy, public health and other healthcare professions students exposure to a medical negligence trial and the opportunity to learn about, from and with each other as they collaborate as a jury to reach a verdict…

Two cases were developed based on lived experiences from a multicultural interprofessional faculty team. Students were assigned prereading on microaggressions, use of race correction in clinical algorithms, and racial bias in clinical measures. In a large group session, guidelines for respectful discussion were established. Next, 52 medical students and 88 nursing students were placed in mixed small groups in breakout rooms. The first case centered on microaggressions impacting a patient and…

Background: Increasing evidence suggests that cross-disciplinary teamwork benefits patient care, reduces provider burden, improves clinical team performance, and is critical to the prevention of medical error (Mayo & Woolley, 2016). Health care teams can achieve more than any one profession can alone, yet they are often fraught with unacknowledged tensions impeding efficacy. Such tensions begin in health education where barriers to interprofessional collaborative learning (IPCL) are both…

Title: Feeling Safe is Fundamental People with multiple chronic conditions or a serious illness struggle to navigate the complex healthcare system. They often find themselves in the emergency room or being hospitalized for progression of their medical condition or for distressing symptoms. Many of these hospital admissions are avoidable if members are provided an extra layer of support. The Optum Advanced Illness Program provides an extra layer of support for our most vulnerable…

Innovations are needed to advance interprofessional education and bridge the nexus to clinical practice. Preparing our health profession learners as collaborative practice-ready providers will require use of advanced technologies, novel educational models for authentic, community-engaged learning, and self-directed asynchronous opportunities to reflect on interprofessional competency development. Learners will become more effective team members if given opportunities to be part of a team…

The Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity conducted an investigation to understand 1) how participating dental, medical, and nursing school leaders of the 2019 Social Mission Metrics Self-Assessment Survey view social mission, and 2) the effects of survey participation on institutional change. Social mission is defined as the contribution of a school in its mission, programs, and the performance of its graduates, faculty, and leadership in advancing health equity and…