Workshop

The Power of Play: Designing Entry-to-practice IPE Activities for Community Impact on Children with Disabilities

- CDT
Room: Paxton
Michelle Kiser, Ed.D.
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Renee Bogschutz, PhD, CCC-SLP, FNAP
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Track:
  • Innovative Approaches to Interprofessional Pedagogy and Education Science
The Interprofessional Toy Fair and Expo is a semester-long IPE experience involving over 250 learners from fields like audiology, medicine, nursing, and therapy. In collaboration with Lubbock Early Childhood Intervention (ECI), teams research developmental delays and create educational materials and toy demonstrations. The event culminates in a fair where 200-250 families learn how to enhance child development through books and toys. Families receive personalized resources, including literacy books and therapeutic toys. This event addresses critical developmental needs, especially for rural families, and promotes teamwork and interprofessional collaboration among learners, with positive outcomes assessed via ICCAS.Session outline with active learning strategies: Learning Objectives:

Design entry-to-practice IPE activities with community-engaged learning to address critical needs.

Analyze how social determinants of health (SDOH) affect access to care for infants and toddlers with developmental disabilities in rural areas, and explore IPE strategies to improve equity.

Apply IPEC Core Competencies to create interprofessional team-based learning experiences, using the Toy Fair and Expo as a model.

Evaluate IPE outcomes using tools like ICCAS and family satisfaction surveys to guide improvements.

Timeline:

0-10 minutes: Welcome & Overview

Introduction to community-engaged learning and the Toy Fair model.

Goal: Equip faculty to design IPE activities aligned with IPEC Core Competencies.

10-25 minutes: Activity 1 – Identifying Community Needs

Analyze SDOH impacting rural children with developmental delays.

Small group discussions on community needs and solutions.

25-45 minutes: Activity 2 – Mapping Roles and Competencies

Map health profession roles for initiatives like the Toy Fair.

Teams share collaboration strategies.

45-65 minutes: Activity 3 – Designing IPE Activities

Develop IPE activities focused on engagement and collaboration.

65-80 minutes: Activity 4 – Evaluation

Create evaluation plans using ICCAS and community feedback.

80-90 minutes: Group Presentations & Closing

Groups present IPE activities and evaluation plans.

Facilitator provides feedback and next steps.

Learning Objectives

  • Develop practical strategies for designing entry-to-practice level IPE activities that incorporate community-engaged learning principles to address critical community needs.
  • Design IPE activities to address critical needs, analyze SDOH impacts on rural children, apply IPEC Core Competencies, and evaluate outcomes using tools like ICCAS, focusing on collaboration and community engagement.
  • Apply the IPEC Core Competencies to create effective interprofessional team-based learning experiences, using the Interprofessional Toy Fair and Expo as a replicable model.

References

  • 1. Reeves, S., et al. (2017). Interprofessional teamwork for health and social care.
  • 2. Thistlethwaite, J. (2016). Interprofessional education and the health care workforce.
  • 3. Institute of Medicine. (2015). Measuring the impact of interprofessional education on collaborative practice.
  • 4. MedEdPublish. (2024). Interprofessional Education and Community Engagement: A Case Study in Addressing Health Disparities. Retrieved from https://mededpublish.org/articles/14-55.