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Be the Change: An Interprofessional Team-Based Health Advocacy Summit.

Melody Eaton¹, Maria deValpine, Julie Sanford

¹Author Affiliations: Associate Director Graduate Programs and Professor (Dr Eaton), Associate Professor (Dr deValpine), Director and Professor (Dr Sanford), Assistant Professor (Ms Lee), School of Nursing; and Assistant Professor (Dr Trull), Department of Social Work, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia; Associate Professor (Dr Smith) University of Mississippi Medical Center School of Nursing, Jackson.

|April 19, 2017

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Interprofessional team-based learning can enhance political astuteness in health profession students. This approach may improve future health care professionals' ability to advocate for patient and community health policies.

Area of Science:

Health Policy
Nursing Education
Interprofessional Education

Background:

Effective health care requires professionals to advocate for policies benefiting patients and communities.
Graduates need to understand and influence health policy.
Current educational approaches may not adequately prepare students for policy advocacy.

Purpose of the Study:

To explore the effectiveness of interprofessional team-based learning.
To improve political astuteness in undergraduate health profession students.
To assess the potential impact on future health policy involvement.

Main Methods:

Utilized an engaging, interprofessional team-based learning method.
Focused on undergraduate health profession students.

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Assessed improvements in political astuteness.

Main Results:

The team-based learning approach showed promise in enhancing political astuteness.
This method may increase students' understanding of health policy.
Potential for improved future involvement and influence in health policy.

Conclusions:

Interprofessional team-based learning is an effective strategy for developing political astuteness.
This educational approach can better prepare health professionals for policy advocacy.
Enhancing political astuteness is crucial for advancing patient, family, and community well-being through policy.