Mary Isioma Ofili, Bartholomew Chukwuebuka Nwogueze
Level of awareness and utilization of insecticide-treated bed nets among medical students as measures for reducing malaria episodes
Scientific reports
osteopathic tenets may serve useful guideline interprofessional program alignment osteopathic tenets concept interprofessional education ipe ipe occurs students two professions work collaborate improve healthcare outcomes holistic treatment fundamental instances interrelatedness structure function requires acknowledgment healthcare professionals roles treating patient ipe allows students gain better understanding professional roles roles fellow healthcare providers treating patients effectively objectives analysis evaluate ability interprofessional summer workshoplecture utilizing osteopathic focus educate students different healthcare colleges interconnectedness systems human body working teambased approach ultimately benefit collective patients secondary objective determine students perceptions lectureworkshop see perceived differences among students different healthcare professions either time retrospective data analysis conducted pretestposttest surveys completed 73 incoming students six different healthcare colleges participating summer preparedness readiness course sparc held annually western university health sciences wuhs pomona california analysis conducted responses collected sparc programs 2013 2016 2019 participants given surveys containing five questions scored fivepoint likert scale surveys given integrated lecturehandson workshop presented sparc reviewed multiple studies showing utility connecting healthcare professions best treat patient total 73 students responded prelecture postlecture surveys number positive scores totaled students colleges increase positive responses 190 522 prelecture surveys compared 336 923 postlecture surveys wilcoxon signedrank test suggested lecture workshop elicited significant improvement scores prelecture postlecture students z6976 p0000 median scores improved 360 baseline 440 lectureworkshop secondary analysis conducted utilizing kruskalwallis h examine differences responses different colleges prelecture postlecture showed significant differences prelecture h 6758 p0271 significant difference postlecture answers h 61404 p0029 series post hoc independent kruskalwallis h analyses conducted identify differences identifiable difference bonferroni corrections students doctor osteopathic medicine college physician assistants college lecturesurvey p0041 interprofessional program osteopathic principles focusing body unity relatedness structure function may serve helpful tool uniting healthcare professionals ultimate goal better serving patients