PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Stewart, MaryAnne J
AU  - Doty, Courtney
AU  - Chojnacki, Ronette
AU  - McQuillen, Elizabeth
TI  - Clinical Laboratory Science and Physician Assistant Students Interprofessional Education Event; Learning From Each Other
AID  - 10.29074/ascls.2023003230
DP  - 2024 Sep 20
TA  - American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science
4099  - http://hwmaint.clsjournal.ascls.org/content/early/2024/09/24/ascls.2023003230.short
4100  - http://hwmaint.clsjournal.ascls.org/content/early/2024/09/24/ascls.2023003230.full
AB  - Interprofessional education is a collaborative learning strategy for professionals and students that enables the expansion of their skills and identities in health care. The primary aim of interprofessional education is to meet the complex demands of patients while decreasing medical errors, thereby delivering better patient outcomes. An interprofessional education session was developed for clinical laboratory science (CLS) and physician assistant (PA) students using patient case scenarios coupled with laboratory testing. Forty-five PA and 15 CLS students participated in this session sharing perspectives and practice knowledge. A modified survey, based on the Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety, measured attitudes towards working with other healthcare providers, including communication, respect, and ethics. This survey was administered to these student groups before and after the educational session electronically via the learning management system (LMS) Canvas. Thirty-three PA and 13 CLS students completed both pre- and postsurveys. All aspects of patient-centric care and professionalism increased after the session. The greatest significant impact reported was in respectful communication wherein the importance of understanding the work of other healthcare professionals helped decrease information gaps in health care.