Promoting Inter-professional
Education Activities throughout an
IPPE Curriculum
Gina Baugh, Pharm.D.
Clinical Associate Professor
Director of IPPE
WVU School of Pharmacy
IPE Initiatives for IPPE
• P1 & P3 Students- My First Patient Program
(MFP)
• P2 Students- Service- learning (SL) projects
• P3 Students- Acute care activities
My First Patient Program
Inter-professional MFP Program
• School of Pharmacy (SOP) initiated in 2008
– P1 students screened by P3 students
– Ambulatory care IPPE
• Schools of Dentistry (SOD) and Medicine
(SOM) incorporated in 2013
– Benedum Grant
– Dental students- 4th year
– Medical students- 2nd year
Inter-professional MFP Program
• Objectives
– Provide skill development and patient care
experience to the upper level dentistry, medicine,
and pharmacy students.
– Provide health and behavioral self-awareness to
the first year students.
– Increase inter-professional student interaction and
respect for the different members of the health
care
Inter-professional MFP Program
• Results
– Participants
• 262 total first year students screened
– 60 dental, 118 medicine, 84 pharmacy
• 121 upper-level student providers
– 54 dental, 24 medicine, 43 pharmacy
– Approximate results of the entering class
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65% had some level of dental abnormalities
33% were overweight/obese according to BMI
48% pre-hypertensive or hypertensive
3% current smokers
Inter-professional MFP Program
• Future Plans
– Improve existing inter-professional education
opportunities and add additional experiences as
needed.
– Expand the MFP program to include the expertise
of other allied health professionals (Nursing,
Public Health, Exercise Physiology, etc.)
– Analyze the trends of health results and behaviors
over time.
Inter-professional Service Learning
Inter-professional Service- Learning
• SOP initiated in 2006
– P2 students complete a year-long service learning
project
– Fall semester- project planning
– Spring semester- project implementation
• Inter-professional component initiated in 2010
– Course requirement 2011-12 academic year
Inter-professional Service- Learning
• Objectives
– Collaborate with other professionals to achieve public
health outcomes
• Results
– Collaborated with 9 different disciplines for 18 project
implementations in 2012-13
• Nursing (8), Dentistry (6), Medicine (4), Education (2),
Physical Education (1), Dietetics (1), Exercise Physiology (1),
Physical Therapy (1)
• Student feedback was overwhelmingly positive
• Community service hours earned
Inter-professional Service-Learning
• Future Plans
– Assign graded reflection with IPE topic
– Log community service hours earned by other
disciplines
– Include IPE component as part of end-of-semester
course evaluation
Inter-professional Acute Care IPPE
Inter-professional Acute Care IPPE
• SOP initiated in 2012 with Medicine (MS3) and
Nursing (RN Seniors)
– IPE subgroup at the Health Sciences Center
• Mock rounds in the WVU Simulation Training
and Education for Patient Safety (STEPS)
Center
– Standardized patient
– High-fidelity mannequin
Inter-professional Acute Care IPPE
• Objectives
– Focus on teamwork and communication skills
• Results
Inter-professional Acute Care IPPE
• Future Plans
– Activity is being rolled out of regional campuses so
that all MS3 students can participate in the
rounding experience
• Will become required experience for all MS3 students
• P4 students will serve pharmacist role on regional
campus
• Rotating patient cases to avoid repetition
Acknowledgements
Lena Maynor, Pharm.D., BCPS
Director of Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences
West Virginia University School of Pharmacy
Travis White, Pharm.D., BCACP
Director of the Health Education Center
West Virginia University School of Pharmacy