Understanding Graduate Students' Views of Interprofessional Education

Thursday, 4:00pm to 6:00pm
Seabright
Poster 2
The field of Speech-Language Pathology has progressively shifted from one of independence to one of a team. In order to be responsive to current healthcare and educational reforms, the implementation of interprofessional education (IPE) is necessary. The views of current Speech-Language Pathology graduate students regarding interprofessional education were obtained via an anonymous online survey hosted by Qualtrics. A total of 69 students participated in this non-experimental descriptive cross-sectional survey. Students indicated they believed IPE was necessary to facilitate the development of effective speech-language pathologists. Students also identified clinical experiences, service-learning, cultural opportunity, didactic seminars, electronic simulation, and reflection as necessary components of an IPE program. Of the IPE components, students selected clinical experiences, service-learning, cultural opportunity, didactic seminars, and reflection as components they believe would benefit their own education. Components that involve field experience were ranked by participants as more important than components that do not. The findings of this study suggest the implementation of IPE within the educational field of Speech-Language Pathology is necessary.
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Student