An impact of simulated interprofessional workshop on healthcare professionals’ and patients’ values recognition

Abstract

Values-based practice is a new practice framework that promotes discussion focusing on the patient’s and healthcare professionals’ values for better clinical decision making. Our workshop was developed along with the framework of values-based practice. This workshop aimed to internalize diversity of values of both patients and health professionals and to rank interprofessional discussion as valuable to reach acceptable decision for both sides. The workshop involved healthcare professionals who worked in a public hospital in Bali. They were 6 medical doctors, 6 nurses, 4 nutritionist, 3 pharmacists, and 3 physiotherapists involved. The participants attended 1.5-hour lectures on comprehensive geriatric management and on interprofessional care for the elderly. In the next 1.5 hours the participants had simulated interprofessional conference for an elderly patient case. In the first half of the conference, participants formed groups of 5-6 people and played the roles of different healthcare members and a patient. The participants discussed the care management decision for the patient. In the latter half the participants started simulated discharge conference. After the conference, participants were asked to complete an evaluation questionnaire for this workshop. Twenty participants completed the questionnaire. Seven participants responded perfectly for the question “the workshop had internalized diversity of values of patients/healthcare professionals’ sides” and the remaining responded fairly. Meanwhile 40% of participants ranked the interprofessional discussion as perfectly valuable to negotiate recognition between patient and healthcare side. Open-ended questions revealed that the discussion enhanced healthcare professionals’ understanding of values of patients in delivering care for elderly patients. Interprofessional discussion allows internalization of values for both of patient and healthcare professionals’ sides.