Student Attitudes of Using Community Volunteers

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Student Attitudes of Using Community Volunteers Enhance Clinical Reasoning Skills as a Part of Interprofessional Laboratory Experiences By Bryan Gee, PhD, OTR/L, BCP, Kimberly Lloyd, MOTR/L, Wendy Morgan, MS, CCC-SLP, & Casey Ulrich, MS, CCC-SLP



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Background American Occupational Therapy Association stated that “entry-level occupational therapy (OT) curricula should include interprofessional education (IPE) in which students have opportunities to learn and apply the knowledge and skills necessary for interprofessional collaborative practice” (Gray, 2015, p. 1). World Health Organization (WHO) (2010) defines IPE as the process by which students from two or more professions learn from, about, and with each other to enable effective collaboration and improve health outcomes (WHO, 2010). Prerequisites for IPE include gaining an understanding of one’s own and other professions while developing mutual respect, trust, and communication skills (Barrett, Sellman, & Thomas, 2005 The Idaho State University Interdisciplinary Evaluation Team (IET) course delivery model is one such vehicle which fosters IPE across numerous disciplines while providing significant clinical support to the local community (Gee et al., 2016)

Increased confidence in working with clients with neurological dysfunction.

Integrate foundational and clinical content from previous courses

Working Together: What was learned?

Cases Case 1

Week 1 Week 2 OT Eval – 1 hour Home Eval SLP Eval – 1 hour Outside of Lab Time (1-2 hours)

Case 2

OT Eval – 1 hour SLP Eval – 1 hour

Week 3 IP Team Reporting – 1 hour

Week 4

Home Eval Outside of Lab Time (1-2 hours)

IP Team Reporting – 1 hour

Week 5

Week 6

Week 7

• These two disciplines will work very close in many cases, and it is important to establish a relationship with the SLP and communicate regularly. • SLP does cognitive assessments and evaluates executive functions such as memory and orientation. SLP should share these findings with OT so we are up-to-date with clients' progress and don't do the same things twice. • Request SLP assessment documents prior to OT assessment of client. • I wasn't aware of all the hidden opportunities for assessment, such as any motor movement produced by the client produced assessment knowledge for the OT. I was not aware of how close SLPs and OTs fields were, like how we could do a bedside swallowing assessment , and during that the OTs could assess the processes leading up to the oral prep stage.

Top 3 Aspects of the IP Evaluation Process Case 3

Case 4

Case 5

OT Eval – 1 hour SLP Eval – 1 hour

Home Eval Outside of Lab Time (1-2 hours)

IP Team Reporting – 1 hour

OT Eval – 1 hour SLP Eval – 1 hour

Home Eval Outside of Lab Time (1-2 hours)

IP Team Reporting – 1 hour

OT Eval – 1 hour SLP Eval – 1 hour

Home Eval Outside of Lab Time (1-2 hours)

IP Team Reporting – 1 hour

• “1. Working with a "real" individual 2. Assessing their neuro dysfunction needs and uniqueness 3. Hearing the volunteer's story (strengths, weaknesses, successes, failures).” • “1. Not knowing what was coming 2. Having to apply all of my skills 3. Getting to see my classmates perform their evaluations.” • Opportunity to evaluate abnormal TONE! Documentation process! Getting to use therapeutic self!” • “The hands on initial and home evaluation provide students with an invaluable opportunity to put skills discussed and learned in class to use. It allows for the see one do one process of learning, which is how I personally learn best. Another thing that enhanced my learning was the way the course was laid out so that you learned and discussed a certain neurological condition in class and then we got to observe the evaluation of someone with that neurological condition. Hearing the client's stories of living with that neurological condition also was valuable because it helped students to understand things from a primary prospective.”