Virtual Interprofessional Education – Lessons Learned

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"This study aimed to describe perceptions of 106 students from programs in occupational therapy, dietetics, nursing, athletic training, and communication sciences and disorders (CSD) following an established IPE activity in a virtual format. Following the IPE event with a case study, participants wrote reflective essays describing their perceptions of the virtual IPE experience. Four researchers analyzed the reflective essays using thematic analysis. Findings revealed four themes: beneficial learning experience, roles, the more the merrier, and logistics. Participants felt overall the virtual IPE experience was beneficial, but the logistical issues of the online format as well as students’ amount of participation created negative perceptions. Participants from dietetics expressed the most positive comments (70%), followed by occupational therapy (69%), athletic training (67%), CSD (54%) and nursing (48%). Undergraduate students (dietetics and nursing) made 4% more positive comments than graduate students (CSD, athletic training, occupational therapy). " (Page et al., 2023, abstract)

Key findings

Findings revealed that participants felt overall the virtual IPE experience was beneficial, but the logistical issues of the online format as well as students’ amount of participation created negative perceptions. Future virtual IPE experiences should consider providing students with the same expectations, more groups with fewer students, an opportunity to establish initial connections with group members, and enhanced interprofessional teaching techniques during the IPE experience.
Short titleVirtual IPE
StatusNot started

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