Interprofessional telehealth simulation for students focusing on Progression of care from a rural primary care clinic to an urban hospital

Abstract

This article describes the development, implementation, and evaluation of an interprofessional telehealth simulation with physician assistant, pharmacy, and medical students in collaboration to facilitate and advance care to a rural standardized diabetic patient with a complex foot wound. The simulation focuses on the development of communication skills and collaboration of health care team members via telehealth. Material was developed by university faculty. A cohort of 68 physician assistant students, 69 pharmacy students and 125 medical students participated in the simulation interacting with 15 standardized patients and 15 faculty facilitators. The measurements of knowledge gain, evaluation of learning objectives and student satisfaction included the administration of pre- and post-surveys and a video reflection. The students demonstrated knowledge gain following the simulation, and the health professions expressed overall satisfaction in post-surveys, reflections and interprofessional discussions facilitated by faculty in the post-simulation debriefings.