A cross-cultural integrative health interprofessional practice model using innovative case study and academic hispanic community partnership approaches

Abstract

Three graduate health science programs at a liberal arts university collaborated with a Hispanic senior community center to develop a program to address the needs of the transforming healthcare delivery system with an integrative medicine and health (IMH) and interprofessional practice (IPP) focus. The partnership resulted in a case-based IPP student experience with the goal of developing a student-authored case study to improve the health of center clients using the social determinants of health. The evaluation of student outcomes was based on qualitative analysis of written case studies and validated quantitative assessment tools, whereas client outcomes were measured by qualitative feedback. Final case studies demonstrated a range of case-study completion, with most teams including the majority of unique case-study elements. Senior community clients reported comfort with the program and recommended the program to others. After implementation, the academic-community partnership model was shown to be successful in implementing a strategy to prepare students for the IPP workforce in the absence of best practice recommendations.

Keywords

• interprofessional practice
• interprofessional collaboration
• partnership
• teams
• interprofessional care
• interprofessional learning