Journal article
An emulation model in critical thinking used to develop learning outcomes in inter professional practice
Clinical and Experimental Dental Research, Vol.5(4), pp.406-412
08/01/2019
DOI: 10.1002/cre2.195
PMCID: PMC6704032
PMID: 31452951
Abstract
Abstract: Interprofessional education (IPE) and interprofessional practice (IPP) areessential for the comprehensive care of patients. A goal of this paper is to articulatelearning outcomes likely to improve patient outcomes. Yet learning outcomes in IPEare“systematically lacking”in consistency.
Objective: An approach offered here and the main purpose of this paper is todevelop and implement an IPE learning outcome by applying emulation conceptsfrom the education literature. In dental situations, emulation has been used to derivethe thought process of the expert succinctly enough for the novice to apply to thenext patient.
Methods: The expert's thought process thus becomes the learning outcome, thelearning guide, and the assessment instrument. In IPE/IPP, several experts make upthe team. The resulting learning outcome is the collection of key questions fromrespective health care team members. Team members are primary care, pharmacy,nursing, social work, nutrition, and dentistry. The resulting list of questions has notbeen reported and was applied to patient planning in a geriatric/special needs clinic.
Results: Students were more likely to apply questions from disciplines that werepreceded by didactic instruction—primary care, pharmacy, nutrition, and dentistry—and less likely to apply questions from nursing and social work.
Conclusions: Although still in the early stages, the model is viable to guide learningand assess performance to a level of grasping the concept. The exercise is studentled. For the practitioner, the learning outcome becomes the performance outcome.Further model development is ongoing with limited models for comparison.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- An emulation model in critical thinking used to develop learning outcomes in inter professional practice
- Creators
- Kecia S. Leary - University of Iowa, Pediatric DentistryLeonardo Marchini - University of Iowa, Preventive and Community DentistryJennifer Hartshorn - University of Iowa, Preventive and Community DentistryDavid C. Johnsen - University of Iowa, Dentistry Administration
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Clinical and Experimental Dental Research, Vol.5(4), pp.406-412
- Publisher
- Wiley
- DOI
- 10.1002/cre2.195
- PMID
- 31452951
- PMCID
- PMC6704032
- ISSN
- 2057-4347
- eISSN
- 2057-4347
- Copyright
- ©2019 The Authors. Clinical and Experimental Dental Research published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
- Grant note
- CONFLICT OF INTEREST: All authors declare there are no conflicts of interest in relation to this study.
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 08/01/2019
- Academic Unit
- Preventive and Community Dentistry
- Record Identifier
- 9983763594102771
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