Oral Presentation - Programmatic/Innovation

High-yield Scholarship from a Student Innovation Challenge

- CDT
Room: Prague
Kathryn Hoffman, MA, CHSE
West Virginia University
Gina Baugh, PharmD, FNAP
West Virginia University
Jason Craig, MBA, CHSE-A, EMT-P
WVU Office of IPE, STEPS Simulation Center
Track:
  • Expanding Interprofessional Health and Social Care Teams and Collaborative Practice
In collaboration with our institution's strategic planning team, our Office of IPE hosted an internal IPE Innovation Challenge grant. This grant invited students/residents to think outside of their silos by creating clinical or educational programs in collaboration with other disciplines.Implementation: To be eligible for award, this grant required that teams of students/residents from two or more different disciplines submit a project that creatively addressed either a major health concern in West Virginia as defined by the West Virginia Department of Health & Human Services and/or a Healthy People 2030 Objective.Evaluation plan: An interprofessional team of senior health science administrators served as the grant review committee, and three projects were initially funded. Student teams were overseen by faculty mentors and were required to take a scholarly approach emphasizing data collection and presentation. Teams were expected to submit updates regarding project status/needs. Research support and guidance was provided as needed.Outcome(s) and significance: All teams were successful in meeting one or more of their project objectives.

The first team of dentistry, dental hygiene, physician assistant, nursing, and health informatic students attempted a collaborative approach to treat pediatric cancer patients to reduce risk of caries.

A second team of pharmacy students and medical residents conducted a needs assessment in a family medicine clinic to gauge contraceptive education. This assessment suggested that patients and clinicians alike were not fully educated on contraceptive prescribing. The team coordinated an educational workshop surrounding contraceptive devices, roles of prescribers, and law.

A third team of pharmacy, nursing, and occupational therapy students implemented a podcast that conducted over 12 interviews regarding social determinants of health. This project submitted for a second innovation grant to further this program by providing supporting materials to embed previously recorded podcasts into healthcare curricula.

All teams presented their projects nationally, and one student received a national award for her contributions.

Learning Objectives

  • Recognize opportunities for sustainable student-lead clinical/educational programs
  • Describe benefits of students developing programs within an interprofessional team

References

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