Judi Schack-Dugré (University of Florida);Jennifer Jordan Utley (CIPE); Karen Snyder (University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences)
Hypothesis: COVID-19 forced a pivot of IPE to online delivery globally. Online non-technical SIM-IPE is a scalable, low-cost educational strategy that lacks representation in the literature. This study measured the effectiveness of online non-technical skill (ONTS) SIM-IPE to change attitudes toward interprofessional teams and team approach to care. Methods: A quasi-experimental pre/post-test design using the SPICE-R2 explored the effectiveness of ONTS SIM-IPE to change attitudes toward team-based care in graduate health professions students. Outcomes: Post-test scores on the SPICE-R2 revealed significant differences in the following subscales: Roles/Responsibility (Z=-.313, p<.002), Patient Outcomes (Z=-.347, p<.001). Conclusion: Based on these results, ONTS SIM-IPE is an effective instructional method that isscalable to meet the global needs of contemporary graduate health professions’ education. The novel nature of these results leads to the need for standardization in ONTS SIM-IPE pedagogies and research designs. This pedagogical agenda is a necessity as global health crises requires social distancing in the delivery of interprofessional education.
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