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Integration Of The Saline Process On Holistic Patient Care To Improve Student Understanding Of Interprofessional Team Roles, Values, And Ethics, Emily Laswell, Emily Wicker, Carrie N. Keib, Felisha L. Younkin, Elizabeth A. Sled, Kristi L. Coe, Suzanne Lefever, Aleda Chen

Pharmacy Practice Faculty Publications

Description of the Problem: Healthcare practitioner students currently report feeling underprepared to provide holistic and spiritual care to their patients upon transitioning into practice, and there is currently little data on the efficacy of holistic care-focused interventions on interprofessional outcomes. The goal of this research was to assess the impact of an interprofessional training session on holistic care on student perceptions of interprofessional 1) roles/responsibilities and 2) values/ethics.

The Innovation: A live, interactive interprofessional training session to address holistic patient care was implemented in fall of 2017. Students’ pre- and post-training perceptions of their confidence in study outcomes were assessed …

Evaluation Of A Sepsis Teaching Rounds Simulation For Pharmacy Students, Zach Jenkins, Emily Laswell, Nicole K. Stute

Pharmacy Practice Faculty Publications

Background and purpose

The goal of this prospective, observational cohort study was to determine if simulated interdisciplinary teaching rounds improved student perceptions of confidence and attitudes towards working as part of a team. The secondary objective of this study was to investigate changes in student knowledge of the management of sepsis.

Educational activity and setting

Students participated in a traditional sepsis lecture followed by a simulated interdisciplinary rounding experience. Confidence and collaborative attitudes were assessed using a 5-point Likert scale (1 = strongly disagree, 5 = strongly agree). Changes in knowledge were measured using multiple choice questions. Students completed these …