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Shelby Edwards1, Renee Cadzow, Tracy Bentley-Root
1Physician Assistant Dep., D'Youville University, 320 Porter Avenue, DAC 428, Buffalo, NY 14201, USA. edwardss@dyc.edu.
Facilitators found both online and in-person interprofessional education (IPE) sessions effective, offering unique benefits for student engagement and learning outcomes. Recommendations emerged for optimizing future IPE curricula delivery.
Area of Science:
- Medical Education
- Health Professions Education
- Interprofessional Education (IPE)
Background:
- The COVID-19 pandemic necessitated a shift to online delivery for many interprofessional education (IPE) programs.
- Post-pandemic, programs adopted varied approaches, with some returning to in-person sessions and others continuing online modalities.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore facilitator perceptions of the strengths and differences in debriefing interprofessional education (IPE) simulation sessions conducted both live and online.
- To gather facilitator insights on student engagement and session effectiveness in virtual versus in-person IPE settings.
Main Methods:
- A qualitative study involving interviews with twelve facilitators from six professional programs.
- Facilitators shared perceptions and observations from debriefing interprofessional education (IPE) simulation sessions conducted virtually and in-person during the same semester.
Main Results:
- Thematic analysis revealed key themes related to student engagement levels in both online and in-person interprofessional education (IPE) sessions.
- Facilitators identified perceptions that facilitated effective delivery of both virtual and live interprofessional education (IPE) sessions.
- Observations for conducting future interprofessional education (IPE) sessions were documented.
Conclusions:
- Facilitator insights provide a basis for developing recommendations to enhance interprofessional education (IPE) curricula.
- "Lessons learned" are presented to promote engagement and foster learning outcomes in both virtual and in-person interprofessional education (IPE) settings.
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