Lightning Talk Description:
Context: The Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE) 2020 Standards for Professional Programs highlight the need to further incorporate interprofessional education (IPE) components into the curricula for athletic training programs. IPE can be a challenging component to integrate into the curriculum on an ongoing and routine basis, especially when access, quantity, and quality of IPE resources are limited at individual universities.
Objectives: To promote professional socialization between athletic training students of different universities while also promoting teamwork and collaboration values and skills through the use of shared interprofessional resources.
Background: This educational technique was developed as a means to address the lack of access to interprofessional resources faced by three professional athletic training programs in order to help meet compliance with 2020 CAATE standards 8, 57, and 79.
Description: Athletic training students (ATS) from three professional athletic training programs were paired with one ATS from another institution to research a non-orthopedic, general medical condition. They were assigned a three-part project: (1) review the existing literature for peer-reviewed articles on their assigned pathology, (2) interview a non-athletic trainer healthcare provider who has worked with the pathology, and (3) create an education infographic of the information to use as an educational tool for patients. The project helped to promote collaborative and team-based skills critical to interprofessional and intraprofessional success as a healthcare provider.
Advantages: Students learned with, from, and about how non-athletic trainer healthcare professionals manage their assigned non-orthopedic, general medical pathologies in clinical practice.
Conclusions: This collaborative project allowed athletic training students to develop intraprofessional and interprofessional skills by working with both athletic training students and non-athletic training healthcare professionals. Informative feedback on how the students perceived their interactions was received at the conclusion of the assignments.
In support of improving patient care, this activity is planned and implemented by The National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education Office of Interprofessional Continuing Professional Development (National Center OICPD). The National Center OICPD is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
As a Jointly Accredited Provider, the National Center is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. The National Center maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive continuing education credits.
The National Center OICPD (JA#: 4008105) is approved by the Board of Certification, Inc. to provide continuing education to Athletic Trainers (ATs).
This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.
Physicians: The National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education designates this live activity for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with their participation.
Physician Assistants: The American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) accepts credit from organizations accredited by the ACCME.
Nurses: Participants will be awarded contact hours of credit for attendance at this workshop.
Nurse Practitioners: The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Program (AANPCP) accepts credit from organizations accredited by the ACCME and ANCC.
Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians: This activity is approved for contact hours.
Athletic Trainers: This program is eligible for Category A hours/CEUs. ATs should claim only those hours actually spent in the educational program.
Social Workers: As a Jointly Accredited Organization, the National Center is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. The National Center maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive continuing education credits.
IPCE: This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change.
Learners can claim CE credit by completing the Daily Evaluation.
