Structural Competence and Equity-Minded Interprofessional Education: A Common Reading Approach to Learning

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Title: Structural Competence and Equity-Minded Interprofessional Education: A Common Reading Approach to Learning
Authors: Samantha Bates, Kelly Fisher, Jennifer Watson, Kayla Fair, Tracy Orwig, Danielle Walker
Source: Education Sciences, Vol 13, Iss 3, p 287 (2023)
Publisher Information: MDPI AG, 2023.
Publication Year: 2023
Collection: LCC:Education
Subject Terms: interprofessional education, equity, anti-racist practice, healthcare teams, Education
More Details: As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement, leaders in the field of interprofessional (IP) education have encouraged faculty to explore online adaptations to curriculum and examine strategies that enhance students’ structural competence. Structural competence is broadly defined as the ability to understand how oppression, governmental policies, and environmental inputs impact the health and well-being of an individual. With these changes in mind, a team of IP health science faculty developed two online curricular activities guided by the “common reading” book, Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital by Sheri Fink. This article describes the development and findings of a mixed-methods evaluation of the two IP learning activities: (a) The Interprofessional Common Reading Experience (IPCRE) and (b) The IPCRE follow-up. The activities engaged over 250 students across multiple health professions (i.e., social work, nursing, athletic training, speech-language pathology, nutrition, and public health) attending three different universities. Our findings contribute to a greater understanding of how to develop online IP activities and curricular innovations that help to train equity-minded and anti-racist practitioners.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 2227-7102
Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/13/3/287; https://doaj.org/toc/2227-7102
DOI: 10.3390/educsci13030287
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/70c40a9c085d44f3bb4a78fd7de90747
Accession Number: edsdoj.70c40a9c085d44f3bb4a78fd7de90747
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:22277102
DOI:10.3390/educsci13030287
Published in:Education Sciences
Language:English