An interprofessional forum to improve students’ empathetic awareness of experiences of people from different racial or ethnic groups
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.46542/pe.2024.241.829837Keywords:
Cultural competency, Empathy, Interprofessional educationAbstract
Background: This study aimed to measure the impact of a large-scale interprofessional forum on students’ ethnocultural empathy and interprofessional competencies.
Methods: The activity involved asynchronous pre-work and a live online discussion, which involved small groups of students guided by a faculty facilitator. The pre-work comprised reviewing a case of an individual with multiple chronic health conditions. After the experience, students self-assessed their interprofessional competencies and ethnocultural empathy using the Interprofessional Collaborative Competency Attainment Survey Revised (ICCAS-R) and the Scale of Ethnocultural Empathy (SEE) scales.
Results: Of the 808 students who completed the experience, 700 (87%) completed the post-experience survey. Significant increases were found in students’ self-assessed interprofessional competencies (M = 3.55 to M = 4.15; p < .001) and empathic awareness (M = 4.95 to M = 5.19; p < .001).
Conclusion: A large-scale interprofessional education activity can increase self-assessed interprofessional competence and empathic awareness.
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