Interprofessional Precepting: A Nursing-Medicine Partnership.

Area of Science:

• Medical Education
• Nursing
• Interprofessional Collaboration

Background:

• Team-based collaboration is crucial in healthcare.
• Effective nurse-physician relationships are vital for patient care.
• Interprofessional precepting models require further investigation.

Purpose of the Study:

• To evaluate the impact of nurse-led precepting on medical students.
• To assess changes in perceptions of nurse-physician relationships.
• To determine if nurse-led precepting improves attitudes toward interprofessional collaboration.

Main Methods:

• A pilot study involving 46 frontline nurses and 73 third-year medical students in New York.
• Implementation of a three-part clinical and classroom interprofessional experience.
• Utilized validated scales to measure changes in attitudes.

Main Results:

• Both nurse preceptors and medical students showed improved attitudes toward healthcare teams.
• Medical students reported enhanced attitudes regarding nurse-physician collaboration post-participation.
• Positive shifts in perceptions were observed using validated measurement scales.

Conclusions:

• Nurse-led interprofessional precepting is a feasible model for enhancing collaboration.
• This approach can positively influence attitudes among future physicians and current nurses.
• Further research is warranted to explore the broader impact of nurse-led precepting.