This session will discuss the value and outcomes of embedding interprofessional education and practice core competencies in the Christina Sullivan Foundation’s curriculum for adaptive sports for people with disabilities. Specifically, the speakers will share observations from UTMB student IPE team collaborations supporting people with disabilities and their families and caretakers, detail the rationale for IPEP integration and advocacy within the community, and present insights from the long-term data collection journey in IPEP activities.
Building and sustaining community partnerships through IPE to improve learning and health outcomes for future healthcare professionals, people with disabilities, and caregivers is the mission of UTMB HEC, its true north. The Christina Sullivan Foundation will discuss how their curriculum, regardless of ability, advocates for diverse activities, such as adaptive sports, art, and music therapy, involving caregivers, UTMB students, and communities as team members. They will also provide their reasons for advocating for the integration of the IPEC core competencies of teamwork, communication, roles and responsibilities, and shared values and ethics in the curriculum to enhance learning outcomes for all involved in the programs. This enables students to become well-rounded future clinicians for this population.
Using program evaluation results, we will demonstrate how the insights gained from incorporating IPE into community-focused activities impact athletes, caregivers, and students. To further the conversation around data collection strategies with vulnerable populations, this discussion will focus on the use of semi-structured observations, using an IPE lens, to examine interactions between students and athletes and to demonstrate how IPE student teams from UTMB schools of medicine, nursing, and health professions effectively implemented core competencies and valued compassion and empathy to facilitate the athletes’ success in adaptive sports and activities. Trustworthiness was maximized during the non-invasive observations using evidence-based methodology.
This session will offer attendees the opportunity to understand the significance of and a strategy for IPE integration into community-based curricular activities to improve learning and health outcomes.
